Category: 5. Biology

Drinking four or fewer cups of coffee per day is linked to having longer telomeres, which may indicate slower biological aging. The corresponding study was published in BMJ Mental Health.

“As people with…

​A study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research examined the effects of precision water stress (also known as crop steering) on cannabis plant development. The findings suggested that using osmotic…

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can enter…

Explore the transformative role of three-dimensional (3D) cell models, like organoids and…

Scientists and regulators have long acknowledged the weaknesses in traditional methods used to identify drugs that may harm the central nervous system. One in four safety-related failures arise from…

Mental illnesses are thought to directly impact about one in every seven people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and those around them are also often affected. Mental health issues can be…

Chemicals are everywhere. Everything in our world is made of elements, so everything is some type of chemical, and nothing is really “chemical-free.” But of course, not all chemicals are natural, and there…

Can cannabidiol (CBD) help dogs in the same way it helps humans? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the benefits of…

Can cannabidiol (CBD) help dogs in the same way it helps humans? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the benefits of…

Quanta spoke to Fedorenko about how the language network is like the digestive system, what she knows about how the language decoder works, and whether she really believes that people have LLMs inside their heads. The conversation has been…