Scientists discover gut bacteria's impact on human brain size. A Northwestern University study reveals a link between gut ...

Discover how gut bacteria may have influenced the development of our large brains. Dive into the groundbreaking study that ...

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Researchers have found that gut microbes from large-brained primates like humans and squirrel monkeys can boost energy production in mice, suggesting a microbial role in the evolutionary development ...

In a controlled experiment, Amato and a team of scientists implanted the microbes from two large-brain primate species (human and squirrel monkey), and one small-brain primate species (macaque ...

Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating – how the food industry cracked the code and made us all eat more Chinese meals don’t generally include dessert, although they sometimes serve fresh fruit, and ...

There’s no food I have hated here, though I did stop short of eating sheep brains. The current war and subsequent economic crisis means restaurants are financially out of reach for many people.

Marshall Brain, educator and founder of the popular edutainment company HowStuffWorks, died last week at the age of 63. Born in California, Brain moved to Raleigh in the 1980s to complete a master ...

Researchers have identified a brain pathway that regulates breathing and calms the mind. It could pave the way for new medications, like a so-called “yoga pill,” to ease anxiety. The discovery ...

At a Thanksgiving gathering three decades ago, I went cold turkey on eating meat. When I look back at that meal, I’m embarrassed by my gleeful, holier-than-thou pronouncement at the dinner table.

With the right mindset shift, or mindshift, we can train our brains to creatively rethink how we use these tools to unlock entirely new value and achieve exponential outcomes in what’s becoming ...

The inadvertent selection that turned wolves into dogs turns out to be instructive in how AI might inadvertently shape the evolution of human brains and behaviour. “Trying to predict the future ...