The secret to sounder sleep may be lurking in our guts
Read now →New research shows that stressed med students on probiotics got better shut-eye
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What do we really know about the safety of probiotics?
Read now →Messing with our gut microbiome could hurt us
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Low-tech scientists are using their eyes, ears, and intuition to make important discoveries
Read now →A fancy new satellite? A particle accelerator? Not required
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How to peacefully coexist with potentially dangerous species
Read now →Biodiversity keeps rabid vampire bats feeding on their natural prey – not on us
Saliva is just what we needed to create a new malaria vaccine
Read now →The mistake mosquitos made? Leaving their spit behind
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Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brain
Read now →Hours spent catching 'em all primes the brain to recognize familiar, pixelated Pikachus
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New research in sea slugs sparks controversy about the way that memories are stored
Read now →Can slugs teach us about human memory?
Pulling all-nighters may damage your brain
Read now →New research suggests bad sleep causes a build-up of plaque associated with Alzheimer's
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Climate change is a cultural issue as much as an environmental one
Read now →An interview with "Synthetic Messengers" creators Tega Brain, Simon David Hirsbrunner, and Sam Lavigne
Your brain rewards you when you explore new places
Read now →A new study used questionnaires and MRI scans to get to the heart of a similarity with rat brains
Some black widow spiders choose mates carefully — others just eat them
Read now →New research explores why some female spiders are pickier mates than others
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The Notre-Dame cathedral fire deposited one metric ton of lead into surrounding neighborhoods
Read now →The cathedral's roof and spire was covered in lead tiles
Reindeers thrive on the Svalbard islands after a century of conservation
Read now →Svalbard reindeer were almost hunted to extinction
In some places, planting trees doesn't help store any more carbon
Read now →New research adds to evidence that simply planting trees won't stop climate change
Forget pumpkin spice lattes — there are pumpkin toadlets living among us
Read now →These weird and wonderful amphibians are small enough to fit on a penny
When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere
Read now →The strategy invites more genetically diverse pups
Women hunters have a long history in the Americas
Read now →New findings from a 9,000-year-old burial site in southern Peru drive this point home
Hungry microbes turn crusty leftovers into wine
Read now →Old bread gets second life as microbe soup