Articles by Michelle Starr
The neurotransmitter serotonin, best known for its role in regulating mood, may also influence the severity of tinnitus, new research has found.
According to a mouse study by scientists in the US anοΏ½...
Whether poop speeds through your gut like a bullet train or takes a more smell-the-roses approach could have more profound implications for your overall health than a first glance would suggest.
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How often you empty your bowels may reveal more about what lives inside your gut than you realize.
According to a 2024 study, the frequency with which you poop could actively shape the microbiome thοΏ½...
A monumental archaeological excavation in Africa has uncovered the lives of the humans who lived there 100,000 years ago.
Thousands of stone artifacts and vertebrate remains, as well as sediments, sοΏ½...
Supplementing the guts of older mice with poop from younger ones has revealed the key role microbes play in intestinal stem cell function.
After receiving a fecal microbiota transplant from younger οΏ½...
Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most precious of all.
A dull bracelet and a rusted hollow hemisphere decorated withοΏ½...
Every human born on this planet is not entirely themselves.
A tiny fraction of our cells around one in a million is actually not our own, but comes from our mothers. That means each of us has millioοΏ½...
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
A new study has found that eating 50 grams (1.76 ounces) or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk οΏ½...
One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some mysterious holes in its array of colors.
Most of the thousands of dark Fraunhofer lines in thοΏ½...
A recipient of a kidney transplant presented a medical mystery when he died from rabies in January 2025 only weeks after his surgery in an Ohio hospital, despite having had no documented contact withοΏ½...
