Are we what we eat? Or, to ask a simpler question, “can food affect our behavior?” Naturally, being hungry can increase certain behaviors to raise the odds of finding food, and therefore survival. A component of how food affects behavior may be through gut microbes. A collaborative effort went about trying to understand how movement […]
Genes Humans are complex, right? Yet we don’t have substantially more genes than other animals. While we have ~21,000 genes, mice have ~23,000, and thale cress (or mustard plants) have ~27,000 genes. While we can make a compelling argument that mammals are more complex than plants with our brains, our organs, hormones, mobility, and social […]
The pamphlets shared by animal rights activists about the terrible conditions when working with animals were true in the 1960s. Strict laws and regulations are now enforced and I honestly believe that some animals are very happy with the care and attention they receive in a lab. Experiments with animals need to be approved prior […]
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