Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we build a ...

The gut and brain are in constant conversation, exchanging signals that regulate hunger and digestion, as well as the body's ...

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity ...

(Kindel Media/Pexels) As a kid, I used to put a toy stethoscope to my cats' and dogs' bellies to listen to all the strange ...

Chronic constipation is a common digestive disorder and is often viewed as a trivial problem across the world but now scientists believe that constipation may be far more than just an intestinal issue ...

A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical ...

Coffee may affect more than alertness. Recent research reveals how regular and decaf coffee could reshape communication ...

Signals from the digestive system help the brain determine which events related to food should be stored in memory. This was reported on July 29 by the Science Daily portal.Izvestia reference ...

A new Cambridge study finds that artificial sweeteners can inhibit the growth of gut bacteria, with certain medications ...

Metformin may have been part of diabetes medicine for generations, but scientists are still uncovering new chapters in its ...