Meal Timing Impacts Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism
Summary: Both food timing and the integrity of the liver’s internal clock change metabolic rhythms in mice. Nearly half of the genes…
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How Exercise Improves Memory and Focus During Sleep Deprivation
Summary: New research shows that a brief session of moderate exercise can improve cognitive performance (CP), even when people are sleep deprived…
How Insomnia Keeps Your Brain in Daytime Mode
Summary: People with chronic insomnia display a delayed and weakened daily rhythm of mental activity, leaving the brain in a more alert,…
Climate Change Could Cut Global Life Expectancy by 6 Months
Summary: New research indicates that climate change could shorten the average human lifespan by roughly six months. The study assessed temperature, rainfall,…
Study: Young Blood Reverses Retinal Aging and Restores Vision
Summary: Researchers have shown that circulating factors from young mice can rejuvenate the aged retina by reducing cellular senescence, lowering inflammation, and…
Do Humans Have an Innate Biological Blueprint for Music?
Summary: For decades music was often treated as a cultural invention or luxury of human civilization. New interdisciplinary research now argues that…
Hallucinations Skew Perception of Crowd Size
Summary: Presence hallucinations—reports of an unseen person nearby—are linked to an increased tendency to overestimate the number of people in a scene.…
Primate vs Non-Primate Neuron Architecture: Key Differences
Summary: A new comparative study reveals that the site where an axon emerges from a neuron differs between primates and non-primates, indicating…
How Oxytocin May Influence Instagram Behavior
Summary: In a small college-student sample, researchers found that people carrying a specific variant of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) tended to…
Scientists Restore Neurons Lost to Huntington’s Disease
Researchers have activated the brain’s own stem cells to regenerate a neuron type lost in Huntington’s disease, producing new neurons that integrate…
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