A Yale study found how Ozempic works in the brain is the reverse of what scientists assumed: it turns the hunger neurons up, not off. Here is what changed.
Depression and New Brain Cells: What Scientists Just Found
Depression and new brain cells: a Columbia study found neurogenesis stalls in depression — and the cells that stall are the ones that keep today from blurring.
Shingles Vaccine and Dementia: What the Study Actually Found
A study of 509,926 older adults linked the shingles vaccine and dementia risk: 18.8% versus 24.6% over four years. What it found, and what it cannot say.
What Holds a Proton Together May Not Be Its Parts
For fifty years the textbook answer to what holds a proton together was three quarks. New collider data points somewhere stranger: the junction between them.
Bird Feeders and Bird Flu: Why Experts Are Asking People to Stop
Bird feeders and bird flu are now linked: H5N1 moves fastest wherever birds crowd together. Here is what the researchers who study feeding actually advise.
How Long Do Medications Affect Your Gut Bacteria?
How long do medications affect gut bacteria? A study of 2,509 people found nearly half of 186 drugs left traces years after the last dose. Here is what that means.
How Much Sleep Do You Need? A 500,000-Person Study Found the Answer Is a Range
How much sleep do you need? A study of 500,000 people found the sweet spot is a range — and that sleeping too much ages you almost as fast as too little.
AI Decoded the DNA Initiator: The Mark That Tells a Cell Where to Begin
Scientists used AI to decode the DNA initiator, the mark in about 60% of promoters that tells a cell where to start reading — and what it still cannot read.
Gut Bacteria and Muscle Strength: What the 29% Finding Means
A study in Gut linked gut bacteria and muscle strength: older adults with one microbe had 29% stronger grip. Here is what it proves, and what it doesn’t.
Job Hugging: 57% of Workers Are Staying Put Out of Fear, Not Loyalty
Job hugging is when workers stay put out of fear, not loyalty. 57% now say they do it. Here’s what the trend really costs, and the question underneath it.