Microplastics are small particles that are a byproduct of plastics that are used in everyday life. Be it for food storage or making water portable in a vessel, people tend to underestimate where the ...

Your brain may possess greater abilities than you realise. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducted a study which discovered that adult brains contain millions of silent synapses which stay ...

Scans revealed 34% of patients who were obese based on BMI were misclassified, and should have been in the overweight category. And 53% of those labelled overweight based on BMI were in the wrong ...

The latest findings strengthen existing knowledge about the intimate connection between our brains and guts. Early life stress appears to raise the risk of later digestive issues like IBS. Researchers ...

Have you ever noticed how your entire day can be derailed by a “gut feeling” that isn’t exactly positive? From that mid-afternoon bloat to the sluggishness that follows a heavy meal, your digestive ...

Cardiometabolic disorders, which include conditions linked to obesity, high blood pressure and impaired blood sugar, represent a massive health challenge for people around the world. We usually think ...

A new study published in Nature suggests that the neural foundations of spatial navigation—the brain's internal "GPS"—may have emerged far earlier in evolution than previously believed. The research, ...

It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley and counterweight system to erect it so ...

A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in 2023, meaning they could not stop or control alcohol ...

A simple blood test may detect Crohn’s disease years before symptoms appear, according to a new study reported by SWNS. Canadian researchers say the discovery could enable earlier diagnosis and ...

Kimchi may do far more than add flavor to meals—it could help fine-tune the human immune system. A clinical study using advanced single-cell genetic analysis found that regular kimchi consumption ...