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When the moon hits L-Cry like a big pizza pie, that’s amore—or at least a mass spawning event for marine worms.

Studies shed light on pain perception, placebo effect pathways, and how human stem cells can be used to model pain. 

A taurine-derived metabolite may hold the key to regulating food intake and body weight, potentially inspiring a new class of weight-loss drugs.

A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear and nose tips bouncy.

People consume various types and quantities of food. Studies indicate that the gut microbiome could be one of the drivers of this behavior.

Better formulations and mucosal immunity models could soon make immunization through the nose a reality.

Studying a diverse and peculiar genus of mice offers researchers a window into the genetic and neural underpinnings of behavior.

Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases.

Acting as mini organs in a dish, organoids fuel diverse research areas, from cancer to evolutionary biology.

How does exercise benefit health? Molecules called exerkines partly regulate its effects and provide therapeutic targets to mimic the benefits of exercise. 

Venoms from four different snake species work differently to disrupt blood vessels.

A protein found in the saliva of Anopheles gambiae stopped blood from clotting in the insects’ stomachs and aided parasite transmission.