Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer’s disease.

A large study analyzing over 1.1 million pregnancies found no strong evidence that maternal health conditions during ...

Diets high in fast food, processed red meat, and sugar-sweetened beverages and low in fruits and vegetables are associated with accelerated biological aging in young adulthood. The clustering effect ...

New research reveals how the brain rapidly adapts to sensory changes using a feedback loop between the olfactory cortex and the olfactory bulb.

Women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have distinct neuroactive steroid levels during the third trimester of ...

A new study finds that the bacteria Streptococcus anginosus is more abundant in the saliva and gut of people who have had a ...

A new study finds that the bacteria Streptococcus anginosus is more abundant in the saliva and gut of people who have had a stroke and is associated with a higher risk of death and major ...