Hormone makes food smells harder to ignore

The hormone ghrelin may leave us more vulnerable to the smell of tasty food, research finds.

Shawn Hayward-McGill • futurity
Jan. 2, 2019 ~3 min

Team links 261 genes to blindness and vision problems

"This is extremely valuable for people with hereditary eye disease."

Andy Fell-UC Davis • futurity
Jan. 2, 2019 ~4 min


When kids anticipate touch, it takes focus

In the moment before feeling a touch on their hand, children's brains prepare by focusing in, a process tied to the brain's executive functions.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Dec. 14, 2018 ~9 min

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