Discover how gut bacteria may have influenced the development of our large brains. Dive into the groundbreaking study that ...

Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy to support brain growth and maintenance. Exactly which biological changes ...

Scientists discover gut bacteria's impact on human brain size. A Northwestern University study reveals a link between gut ...

People have been seeing monkeys all over the west side of Volusia County, creating some serious monkey business for residents ...

A new laboratory study in mice suggests that primates like humans evolved large brains with a helping hand from microbes that ...

New research challenges the idea that animals share humans’ sense of fairness, suggesting their reactions to unequal rewards ...

It takes a huge amount of energy for human brains to grow to their current large size and be maintained over time. Our early ...

A new study suggests that gut microbes played a key role in the evolution of larger brains in primates by influencing energy ...

Brain tissue ... break down food and produce energy. In a controlled lab experiment, researchers implanted microbes from two large-brain primate species (human and squirrel monkey), and one ...

The human brain is an energetic marvel, consuming far more glucose relative to body size than nearly any other organ. This ...