Strength training may start changing your fat before you lose any weight. In obese mice, just 7 days of lifting (climbing stairs with weights on their tails) shrank fat cells, reduced belly fat, toned
A study in mice reconstructed the largest mammalian cell lineage tree to date, tracing 1.28 million cells in a 13.5-day-old embryo using a DNA recording technology, revealing how cells descended from
New study suggests that many young men today see sex as a "hazard to manage" rather than an enjoyable experience. They describe sex as a space of vigilance and fear, driven not just by performance anx
Tongue bacteria may be linked to how fast you think. In a study of 60 healthy UK and Belgian adults, more Prevotella histicola meant faster test responses. Possible reason: mouth bacteria help turn ni
A study of 154 archival documents found the U.S. cattle industry’s leading trade association knew about livestock’s contribution to global warming by 1989 but focused on downplaying methane emissions,
WikiCoach: Q&A-style LLM system designed to scaffold learning-through-doing in Wikipedia. Participants preferred the system over a baseline content generation model. Findings demonstrate that AI syste
Your favorite music could work best to help reduce the pain of small medical procedures: study of 204 patients found that listening to their favorite music reduced pain more effectively than Mozart or
A large study from Wales found that antidepressant use during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism or ADHD in children, attributing minor risk increases to the mother's underlying depression
Changes in ectopic lipids, insulin sensitivity, and beta cell function after a low-fat vegan diet in adults with type 2 diabetes: a 16-week single-arm clinical trial
Women who use hormonal contraceptives tend to evaluate their own romantic and social qualities more favorably than women who do not use them. Synthetic hormones in birth control might inadvertently bo
New study suggests that the human brain does not age uniformly, with the right hemisphere showing more advanced signs of biological aging than the left.