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·August 10, 2026·8 min read

Dog Brains Differentiate Human Anger, Fear, and Sadness

Happy human faces activate the canine reward system, while dog brains generate distinct activity patterns to differentiate between human anger, fear, and sadness.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 6, 2026·9 min read

ChatGPT Predicts Human Personality Test Results

ChatGPT can generate validated personality questionnaires from texts like the DSM-5 and accurately predict human population responses before surveys are administered.

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Featured Neuroscience

·July 31, 2026·7 min read

Protein Restriction Improves Metabolism and Longevity

Researchers demonstrates that dietary protein restriction improves metabolism, elevates FGF21, and extends lifespan, challenging current high-protein dietary trends for sedentary adults.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 2, 2026·10 min read

Stress Accelerates Immune Aging by Altering the Microbiome

Chronic psychological stress suppresses activity in the prefrontal cortex and periaqueductal gray, triggering a downstream depletion of gut Lactobacillus reuteri and its anti-aging metabolite spermidine. This biochemical crash directly accelerates the aging of hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow, mapping a novel brain-gut-bone axis for stress-induced immune decay.

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Featured Neuroscience

·June 24, 2026·9 min read

Single Neurons Navigate Bilingual Brains

Bilingual brains store concepts on a single, shared semantic map inside the hippocampus, using distinct clusters of language-specific neurons to navigate the map from different perspectives for seamless linguistic switching.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2026·8 min read

Awake Brain Probes Map Spontaneous vs. Fake Laughter

A new study analyzing awake brain stimulation data reveals that human laughter is driven by two separate networks: an ancient, emotional "spontaneous" circuit and a motor-driven "volitional" circuit that evolved alongside speech to regulate complex social conversations.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 15, 2026·10 min read

Cohabitation Drives Transmission of Diabetes Linked Microbes

Household cohabitation serves as the definitive engine for strain-level oral and gut microbiome alignment, completely independent of genetic kinship.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 10, 2026·9 min read

GLP-1 Drugs Reduce Depression, Boost Stress-Calming Gut Bacteria

The GLP-1 agonist liraglutide treats depressive symptoms via a novel microbial pathway.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology Visual Neuroscience

·May 14, 2026·6 min read

Brain-Stimulating Contact Lenses Match Prozac in Depression Study

Researchers have created transparent, flexible contact lenses that treat depression using "temporal interference" electrical stimulation. In a landmark study, the lenses restored brain connectivity and boosted serotonin by 47%, matching the performance of leading antidepressants.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·April 16, 2026·7 min read

Hunter-Gatherer Genes Reveal the Hidden Power of Human Smell

A new genetic study of Malaysian Indigenous populations shows that hunter-gatherers have preserved "super-smell" genes to navigate rainforests, while agriculturalists' smell genes have adapted to manage high-carb diets.

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·April 10, 2026·8 min read

Early Microbes Can Rewrite Neurodevelopmental Risk

A new study finds that a baby's epigenome at birth shapes their gut microbiome development. Crucially, certain "good" bacteria can mitigate genetic risks for ASD and ADHD by age three.