Biology and health news: genetics, cancer research, brain science, new treatments, and medical breakthroughs explained clearly.
The neuroscience of forgetting: encoding failure, decay, interference, motivated forgetting, sleep's role in memory consolidation, and why forgetting is adaptive.
How vaccines work: from your first encounter with an antigen to lifelong immunity. Covers mRNA tech, adjuvants, herd immunity math, and 2026's cancer vaccine pipeline.
The 12 hallmarks of aging from López-Otín's 2023 Cell update, sorted by tier, with the human trial evidence for rapamycin, senolytics, and NAD+ precursors.
Symbiosis is one of the most powerful forces in evolution. From the bacteria in your gut to the fungal partners of nearly every land plant, the living world is a web of intimate partnerships, and not all of them are friendly.
How cortisol and the HPA axis work, why the daily cortisol rhythm matters, what chronic stress does to the body, and what the evidence says about cortisol.
What neurotransmitters are, how they cross synapses, and what dopamine, serotonin, GABA, glutamate, acetylcholine, and norepinephrine actually do in the brain.
What oxytocin does in the body and brain: childbirth, milk release, bonding, and trust, plus why the love hormone label and nasal sprays claim more than evidence shows.
Some people are born unable to feel pain. The genes behind CIP — SCN9A, PRDM12, NTRK1, FAAH-OUT — are reshaping the future of pain medicine.
86 billion neurons, trillions of synapses, about 20% of your resting energy. How the human brain actually processes information, and where the computer analogy breaks.
Zoonotic spillover explained: how viruses like SARS-CoV-2, HIV, Ebola, and MERS crossed from animals to humans — and why it keeps happening.
Flamingos stand on one leg because it's literally easier than two. The biomechanics, thermoregulation, and evolution behind the pink pose.
How an iron rod through his frontal lobe in 1848 made Phineas Gage neuroscience's most famous patient — and what's myth vs fact.