WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Nuts, seeds, dark leafy greens, and dark chocolate are all good dietary sources of magnesium. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 14 – If you’re getting plenty of leafy greens, dark chocolate, nuts, and beans, you’re probably doing fine. But if your diet …
The palms of a patient during an outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Getty Images – By Cheryl Walter, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull Published: 2024 Aug 13 – Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, …
Your tongue offers a window to your overall health, especially when a machine-trained algorithm is looking. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2024 Aug 13 – Updating an ancient form of health diagnosis with modern machine learning, researchers have developed a remarkable system that can …
Targeting progesterone receptors in the brain may be a route to migraine relief for some people. We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images – By Suchitra Joshi, Research Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia and by Jaideep Kapur, Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, University …
Vernon Dalhart was a widely recorded singer in the early 20th century. The Library of Congress – By Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University Published: 2024 Aug 09 – Country music’s origin story …
New research has found a link between prenatal exposure to a common chemical found in plastics and autism. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Aug 08 – Prenatal exposure to higher levels of bisphenol A, a plastic commonly found in water bottles and packaging …
Help the probiotics in yogurt survive better in the gut by adding honey. DALL-E – By Paul McClure 2024 Aug 07 – Evidence has been building about the health benefits of probiotics. Now, new research has found that putting a tablespoon of honey on …
Psilocybin mushrooms have been approved for therapeutic use in Oregon and Colorado. The Washington Post via Getty Images – By Benjamin Y. Fong, Drug Researcher and Honors Faculty Fellow, Arizona State University Published: 2024 Aug 02 – An operations manager finds relief from her …
Propofol, a general anesthetic, causes unconsciousness by producing chaotic activity in the brain. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Jul 19 – Researchers have figured out how a commonly used general anesthetic drug induces unconsciousness by causing brain activity to become increasingly unstable. The …
The common “cat poop” parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, could be engineered to deliver drugs to the brain to treat a range of neurological diseases. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 01 – Brain parasites are something that most people would naturally want to avoid, …
