human body
What if you could just grow your own blood?
Experts explain how lie detectors work, what happens in the brain when we tell lies and how accurate polygraph tests are.
When we’re stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
To prevent overloading the memory system, the brain may have a mechanism that tosses out certain types of memories.
A vitamin that makes your body repellent to mosquitos sounds too good to be true, because it is.
We all see beauty the same way.
The prescription poop can correct life-threatening bacterial imbalances in the gut.
Running to catch the bus might help you live longer.
Eyes with lower pigment (blue or grey eyes) don’t need to absorb as much light as brown or dark eyes before this information reaches the retinal cells. This might provide light-eyed people with some resilience to SAD.
A recent study reveals how nerve insulation becomes impaired in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.
Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.
An independent researcher looks into why there’s such strong opposition to her research.
The genes responsible for facial features may also influence behavior.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
Caffeine does something, but it’s not clear exactly what.
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
The “love hormone” might be an unexplored treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
The president identified developing MCED tests as a priority for the Cancer Moonshot.
About 8% of our genome is made of leftover viruses from our ancestors’ infections.
Antibodies can start forming in intestines over 10 years before symptoms arise.
Their neurons are very different from “normal” people.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
Some patients wait over 5 years for a liver transplant.