Eating a carbohydrate meal with a companion led to smaller blood sugar spikes and faster recovery than eating alone, suggesting a metabolic benefit to sharing the table. buff.ly/og948Up

When regions of DNA are brought into contact, they can begin to interact and influence each other's activity. Over time, these interactions can become embedded, forming increasingly interconnected regulatory networks. buff.ly/ldPXNUA

Astrocytes regulate cholesterol supply to modulate neuronal communication. Neurons produce cholesterol on their own, but not enough Astrocytes— help maintain the connections between neurons, also release cholesterol. buff.ly/xn25iqt

Traumatic brain injury affects the brain's long-term response to subsequent stressful situations. hypothalamus responds differently to stress after such an injury, triggering inflammation with avoidance behavior. buff.ly/vynReKi

Orangutan mothers seek out playmates for their young buff.ly/UTMyWwC

Modern beekeeping methods based on idea of keeping the colony young and healthy indefinitely. such interventions fundamentally conflict with the natural reproductive strategy and the ability to cope with parasites buff.ly/2cyR9q1

Ibogaine therapy short-term effects Of the 23 veterans who had a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder before treatment, 19 achieved remission within days—mno longer met the clinical criteria for the disorder. buff.ly/90mNzfl

Direct AMPK activators have already been used safely in clinical trials for the treatment of specific metabolic diseases. using AMPK activators to treat a range of human diseases in the future. buff.ly/jw0wU6n

Ubiquitin is a tiny protein, determines which proteins are destroyed, moved, which signaling pathways activated, how damaged DNA is repaired, whether inflammation begins or ends, when cell divides. How can the same molecule mean so many different things? buff.ly/T0MVhxC

The dance of RNA is the intelligent communication of the virus buff.ly/8aUHUPZ

A newly identified bacterial enzyme can break down certain polyesters and penicillin, suggesting a possible link between plastic digestion and antibiotic resistance buff.ly/Ya685C4

The intelligence of mTOR is in the dance, the constant movement, the interaction, the communication buff.ly/3aqiJSl

The intelligence of AMPK is in the dance, the constant movement, the interaction, the communication buff.ly/Z6sdnHM

The intelligence of NF-kB is in the dance, the constant movement, the interaction, communication buff.ly/zyWfq73

The life of ubiquitin - the almost universal cellular intelligent tagging system buff.ly/T0MVhxC

The vast intelligence of the ubiquitin tagging system buff.ly/T0MVhxC

The outcome of ubiquitin tags emerges from the interactions among tags, chains, readers, erasers, cell location, metabolism, feedback and more. buff.ly/T0MVhxC

Muscles do not weaken with age simply because they get smaller. communication between nerves and muscle fibers becomes less reliable with age. failure at the neuromuscular junction buff.ly/AEDc7gO

At least 75 percent of Earth’s mass appears to originate from two young planets, while planetesimals contributed up to 25 percent. three-quarters of Mars’ mass come from planetesimals, quarter originating from pebble accretion buff.ly/yclSU10

A creature preserved for 518 million years hints that the starfish family began with tentacles, challenging a long-standing picture of its earliest ancestor. buff.ly/FAEEJwt