The human body is teeming with microbes—trillions of them. The commensal bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us outnumber our own cells 10-to-1, and the viruses that teem inside those cells and ...

Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests. The epigenome functions like a set of switches, activating or deactivating genes to change how ...

2 The collection of epigenetic marks in a cell or organism is known as its epigenome. “Epigenetics is the layer of control that sits on top of the DNA sequence itself, and it's what dictates if genes ...

And the brain accounts for 20% of the human body’s energy usage 2. Wielding a tool typically used for woodworking, the study’s authors divided a slice of frozen human brain ― from a 54-year ...

There must be something about the human brain that’s different ... larger or smaller an animal’s brain is compared with what would be expected given its body size. The EQ is 1.0 if the brain ...

The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s multifaceted and multifunctional design. They are strong enough to support the skeleton and protect the vital organs in the chest ...

Microexpressions (brief displays of emotion on the face), hand gestures, and posture all register in the human ... It's natural to mirror; beginning as soon as infancy, a newborn moves its body ...

which are considered vital components of the body's first line of defense as they attack and kill bacteria, WIS added. Experiments showed that human cells with active proteasomes effectively ...