Blue Zones: What Science Reveals About the Places Where People Live Past 100
When we talk about Blue Zones, we discover that the term represents much more than a concept: it’s concrete evidence…
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The Power of Brain Plasticity: Shaping Learning, Memory, and Adaptation
Brain plasticity is one of the most transformative discoveries in modern neuroscience. It was once believed that the brain became…
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Some tadpoles don’t poop for weeks. That keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs…
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A Brain Network Associated with Attention is Larger in People with Depression
Symptoms of depression fluctuate over time, but many brain imaging studies of the condition study only one point in time….
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Brain-controlled bionic limbs are getting closer to reality
The word “bionic” conjures up sci-fi visions of humans grown to superhuman levels. It is true that engineering advances such…
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A study in mice hints at a new way to treat spinal cord injuries
After a devastating spinal cord injury, mice’s nerve cells balloon up in size. Some of these neurons stay swollen longer…
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A cell biologist is investigating the balance of brain flexibility, stability
One of the most remarkable things about the human brain is that it changes. A lot. This ability to reinvent…
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An mRNA vaccine protected mice against the deadly gut bacteria C. difficile
Clostridioides difficile is an extremely nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same technology…
