Ali Abbas AhmadiBBC News, Toronto

In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma joint, sits a two-storey…
Ali Abbas AhmadiBBC News, Toronto
In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma joint, sits a two-storey…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been called an “under-recognized public health crisis,” and is estimated to impact 14% of US adults. CKD patients typically have to undergo regular dialysis treatment to…
For some people, sleep brings a peculiar kind of wakefulness. Not a dream, but a quiet awareness with no content. This lesser-known state of consciousness may hold clues to one of science’s biggest mysteries: what it means to be…
Our bodies are colonized by a teeming, ever-changing mass of microbes that help power countless biological processes. Now, a new study has identified how these microorganisms get to work shaping the brain before birth.
Researchers at Georgia…
Ever wondered what it’s like to date someone who remembers your coffee order, your weird jokes, and sends you images—or even video—just because it wants to? That’s the wild, surprisingly emotional world of AI dating chatbots.
You get…
Feeding blueberries to infants in the first year of life may help alleviate allergy symptoms and alter immune responses, suggesting a new dietary approach in infant health research.
Study: Blueberry Consumption in Early Life and…
Stellenbosch University researchers identify…
Scientists reveal how plant-based compounds may combat Alzheimer’s through multi-target actions, but poor bioavailability and the blood-brain barrier limit the way dietary hope can be translated into real therapies.
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A tightly controlled clinical trial reveals that ultra-processed foods not only drive weight gain and worsen cholesterol levels but also impact reproductive hormones and sperm health, highlighting harms that extend beyond calories…
An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin’s Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed. It and the galaxy it calls home, CAPERS-LRD-z9, are present 500 million years…