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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored]
Ardem Patapoutian shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work?
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Public Health
Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly
Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable
Policy & Ethics
Weed Shouldn’t Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say
The disqualification of a leading U.S. Olympics candidate has brought the World Anti-Doping Agency’s marijuana prohibition under fire
The Body
The Problem with Pain Scores
Physicians often ask you to rate your agony on a scale from one to 10—but the response doesn’t necessarily say anything useful
Biology
‘Inflammation Clock’ Can Reveal Body’s Biological Age
Using machine learning, researchers created a tool that might help doctors improve people’s healthy lifespan
The Body
Aging’s True Tactics
New research pins the maximum length of human life
The Body
Your Brain Does Something Amazing between Bouts of Intense Learning
New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory.
The Body
What Is the Immune System, and How Does It Work?
Through evolution, we’ve gained an entire arsenal for fighting off potentially harmful microbes of all sorts.
The Body
Nutrition, Immunity and a Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the importance of having a well-functioning immune system.
The Body
Why Are People with Obesity More Vulnerable to COVID?
Chronic inflammation and immune breakdown appear to be key reasons
The Body
Can Vitamin D Help Protect against COVID?
Some studies suggest an impact, particularly for those who are vitamin-deficient. But for now, the jury is out
The Body
Gut Reactions: Microbes in the Digestive Tract Influence COVID Severity
Our resident bacteria help regulate the immune system and response to infections
Neurological Health
Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain?
Some researchers suspect these bacterial ancestors living within our cells may contribute to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders
The Body
Decoded: What Are Neurons?
You have 86 billion of them inside you, but do you understand how hard it was for us to learn that?
The Body
Hormone Highs and Lows Follow a Seasonal Pattern
A newly discovered internal body clock creates annual peaks and valleys
Biology
Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
A study counts blood cells and footsteps to predict a hard limit to our longevity
The Body
Why Race Matters in Personalized Health Care
Achieving better, more equitable treatments requires looking at multiple factors that affect populations differently, including genetic variations
The Body
Our Bodies Replace Billions of Cells Every Day
Blood and the gut dominate cell turnover
Biology
Some Deep-Sea Bacteria Are So Strange, Our Immune Sensors Miss Them
These microbes are redefining our understanding of how bodies recognize potential pathogens
The Body
Is Estrogen Deficiency Really a Thing?
The catchall term plays into a cultural notion that estrogen is what makes a woman a woman
