Britain ended sugar rationing in 1953 by an accident of history. Decades later, the first 1,000 days of life turn out to still be deciding who gets sick.
A Compound Made Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle — or Eating Less
A compound called TOFA made obese mice burn fat without losing muscle or eating less. Here’s what the 18% figure means — and what it does not mean yet.
Indigo Light and Myopia: The Color Indoor Lighting Misses
Indigo light and myopia: sunlight carries a narrow band most indoor LEDs skip, and adding it back stopped nearsightedness in a near-primate. Here’s the catch.
How Childhood Stress Changes the Brain, Long After It Ends
How childhood stress changes the brain: a new study found it loosens DNA packaging in mice, and blocking one enzyme afterward kept them steady for life.
The Meta Settlement Isn’t Really About Screen Time
The Meta settlement asks for time limits. But two of its quietest changes have nothing to do with time at all — and they point at something much older.
People Who Live Past 110 Share One Odd Immune Trait
People who live past 110 carry far more of one rare killer immune cell. Here is what the new study found, what it proves, and what it quietly does not.
How Ozempic Works in the Brain: Scientists Had It Backwards
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.
Spiritual Exhaustion: What God Did When Elijah Cracked
Spiritual exhaustion is not spiritual absence. When Elijah collapsed and asked to die, God sent sleep and a meal first, and the instructions came much later.
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.