Our microbiota is linked to essential physiological processes, but when its communication falters, our health can suffer. Synthetic probiotics offer a promising approach to treating gut-brain axis disorders.
Leafcutter ants cultivate fungus gardens that feed sprawling colonies.
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Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
Biological factors shape sexual preference.
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A new study of nearly 500,000 individuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified candidates that may regulate smell and sex hormones.
Whatever the adverts suggest, this isn’t going to increase your animal magnetism.
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Much like people, insect colonies like to know if her majesty is at home. In the ants, bees, wasps and termites (the “big four” of the social insect world), the queen has long been suspected of using special…
Professor in electrical and electronics engineering, University of Cambridge, head of the AXA Chair on Molecular Information and Communication Technologies, Koç University