From gut to brain: data-driven evidence suggests causal contribution of gut-microbiota to major depressive disorder in humans. The study found evidence for gut microbes Eggerthella and Hungatella as potential causal contributors to MDD.

Study links grandfathers’ smoking and drinking to autism risk in grandchildren: Among 6,336 California grandparents, ≥5 servings of hard liquor/week was associated with nearly 3× the risk, while smoking ≥20 cigarettes/day was associated with roughly 2× the risk

Scientists observed a dolphin named Bubbles deliberately provoking fish to regurgitate their food, then eating the vomit—revealing an unusual and previously undocumented foraging strategy in wild dolphins.

Blood-Brain Barrier Successfully Repaired in Alzheimer's Models: in Alzheimer's disease, this protective border can begin to leak. The study used zebrafish, APOE4 mice, postmortem brain tissue and CSF from people with Alzheimer's, human cells, and three-dimensional blood-vessel models.

Scientists discover cells that cheat death and rebuild damaged tissue

Scientists just named a new snake after Guns N’ Roses legend Slash

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned

Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter