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Intermittent energy restriction for weight loss leads to coordinated changes across the brain, gut, and microbiome axis.

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

Multidisciplinary research on the interactions between the brain and other body systems not only advances our knowledge of how the human body works but also offers critical insights into our ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have evolved testicles of all different sizes. In almost all these separate cases, ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards and fibers to ...

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that have been found all over the world and in the human body. Oregon State University via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Microplastics are inescapable.