Category: 5. Biology

Psilocybin – the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms” – is gaining scientific attention for its potential in treating neuropsychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, substance use disorders…

Nerve cells in the brain are constantly bombarded with information from different senses simultaneously. How can the brain prioritize what is most important?

Imagine a friend meets you at the train station and shows you the way to…

A naturally occurring byproduct of liver metabolism–the ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)–can strengthen the fitness and antitumor activity of CAR T cells. The findings, reported on March 6, 2026 in the journal Cell, by Arc…

Evolution is biology’s powerful method of engineering. It works by generating many variants of DNA, RNA, and proteins inside cells and letting nature “select” the organism that performs best. Early farmers started taking advantage…

More than two hundred metabolic enzymes, many of which are normally tasked with producing energy in the mitochondria, are also found sitting directly on top of human DNA, according to a study published today in Nature…

Innate immune sensors – known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) – detect specific molecular components of bacterial or viral intruders. The PRRs forward the signals which results in the production of interferons, which in…

A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for…

In the 1970s, the contraceptive pill was the most frequently used method of contraception in Western countries; in Germany, for example, one in three women used “the pill.” It is safe and reliable, covered by (most) health…