Fish have a brain microbiome – could humans have one too?(quantamagazine.org)

318 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 122 comments

Quanta Magazine article on the discovery that fish have a brain microbiome and the controversial possibility that humans might too.

Study finds billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving containers(news.unl.edu)

426 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 301 comments

University of Nebraska–Lincoln news article on a study finding microwaving plastic baby food containers releases billions of nanoplastics that harm cultured kidney cells.

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation(smithsonianmag.com)

179 points by bookofjoe 2 months ago | 134 comments

How the Brain Parses Language(quantamagazine.org)

104 points by mylifeandtimes 10 months ago | 57 comments

Forests around Chernobyl aren’t decaying properly (2014)(smithsonianmag.com)

223 points by foxtacles 3 years ago | 135 comments

Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better(quantamagazine.org)

78 points by digital55 3 years ago | 41 comments