Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study

Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS

GPT-4o shows humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance moderated by free choice

Researchers have long puzzled over exactly how DNA is spooled within nucleosomes and arranged inside the nucleus so that some genes are more easily activated

Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear

Industrial iron pollution is boosting spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Pacific but also speeding up nutrient loss – driving earlier nitrogen limitation and expanding low-productivity waters.

Brain aging shows nonlinear transitions, suggesting a midlife "critical window"

Neuron–Astrocyte Associative Memory

A study identified evidence of "use of psychoactive plants in institutionalized ritual in the first millennium BCE, demonstrating that even in their early stages, sociopolitically complex societies incorporated psychoactive plants into ritual activity."

Improving baby health in developing countries could start with videos on a smart phone