Your Friends Shape Your Microbiome—and So Do Their Friends

Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom

Choosing Empathy Is Critical to Democracy

If we lose sight of why empathy matters, both individual dignity and democracy suffer

Great Red What? Check out Jupiter’s giant, magnetic tornado

An unusual Jovian force is churning up Earth-sized swirls of hydrocarbon haze

Focaccia likely originated in Mesopotamia, not Rome

The flatbread may date as far back as the Neolithic Era

‘Was I awkward?’ What overthinking after a party has to do with your ‘lizard brain’

The amygdala and brain’s social network communicate more than we thought