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How do leeches find their hosts? We explore how leeches sense heat, chemicals, and movements in their environments.
Scientists studying the clonal raider ant have now discovered how this works: each neuron activates one odor gene while ...
Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...
Acute or short-lived pain, despite its bad reputation, is usually a lifesaver. It acts as a transient negative sensory ...
The newfound ensemble of neurons could lead to therapies to treat persistent pain, which affects roughly one of five people ...
Scientists have pinpointed Y1 receptor neurons in the brain that can override chronic pain signals when survival instincts like hunger or fear take precedence. Acting like a neural switchboard, these ...
Discover the fascinating mechanism behind how the Venus flytrap senses touch and reacts with incredible precision.
Chronic pain affects nearly 50 million Americans, yet new research reveals the brain may have an internal switch that can turn it down.
A strange deep-sea fish caught in 1989 off the coast of Antarctica has officially been identified as a new species after ...
Adults with obesity who reported more intense tastes while receiving semaglutide or tirzepatide had a higher likelihood for ...