In­creased use of an­ti­bi­ot­ics may pre­dis­pose to Par­kin­son's disease, suggests new study (n=13,976), which may be explained by their disruptive effects on the gut microbiome

Music is essential for the transmission of ethnobiological knowledge

Breast­feed­ing pro­tects in­fants from an­ti­bi­otic-res­ist­ant bac­teria, suggests a new study

Changes in snow coverage threatens biodiversity of Arctic nature

A vac­cine for ed­ible plants to replace traditional pesticides - A new approach to plant protection involves vaccinating plants against pathogens with double-stranded RNA molecules that can be sprayed directly on the leaves.

Smil­ing hu­man faces are at­tract­ive to dogs – thanks to oxy­to­cin: Researchers found that oxytocin made dogs interested in smiling human faces

”Morn­ing larks” have weaker sleep spindles (bursts of brain activity on EEG) dur­ing night than “night owls”, in the first study to show a link between circadian preference and specific brain activity, as measured by sleep EEG monitoring in adolescents.

Human empathy can even extend to dogs: empathetic people interpret dogs’ facial expressions more intensely.

The relative impact of genetics on height does not increase with improvements to the standard of living, finds a study on the impact of genetic and environmental factors on adult height over more than a century, with 40 twin cohorts, including more than 143,000 twin pairs from 20 countries.

High resting heart rate and blood pressure linked to later mental health disorders

MOOC: Functional programming with Clojure