Life
- Brain
Putting the brakes on overeating
Restoring a chemical in the gut sends a message to mouse brains to stop overeating.
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- Animals
Gorgeous eco-bullies
‘Foreign’ lionfish — aquarium castoffs — have been invading American coastal waters at an alarming rate and gobbling up the natives.
- Brain
Caffeine rewires brains of baby mice
Brain changes and memory problems plagued mouse pups whose moms had consumed caffeine during pregnancy.
- Brain
Sleepyheads prefer junk food
A night without sleep changes the brain and how appetizing people find high-calorie foods.
- Health & Medicine
Camels linked to mystery disease
A mysterious and deadly virus has sickened 94 people — killing 46 — in parts of the Middle East, Europe and northern Africa. A new study finds that camels (the one-humped type) may have introduced the new disease to people. The germ responsible is a virus that lives in people’s lungs, throats and noses. Scientists recently named the disease it causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.
- Animals
Explainer: Animals’ role in human disease
Wildlife, livestock and pets are the source of most germs that can sicken people
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- Brain
Nature resets body’s clock
After a week in the wild, people went to bed — and got up — earlier.
- Brain
Full moon shortchanges sleep
Lab experiments show people’s sleep suffers for a day or so every month.
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