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Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

By transplanting gut microbes from humans, squirrel monkeys and macaques into germ-free mice, scientists reveal that ...

A new study from Northwestern University provides the first empirical data showing the direct role the gut microbiome plays ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

New evidence suggests that upright walking may have begun 7 million years ago, reshaping what we thought we knew about our ...

Despite being an Oscar-winning historical epic with instantly recognizable iconography and quotes, we often forget that ...

It's the time of year many start thinking about throwing out Christmas trees and also strengthening their immunity. As flu ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...