Our brains’ neural circuitry creates spatial maps as we navigate through new environments, allowing us to recall locations and directions. While it’s been known for some time that we have these internal maps, a study shows how, in rats, those maps get redrawn when the rats learn they’ll receive a reward at a certain place […]

Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature’s calendar, including when plants bloom and the spring season starts, and new research suggests we’re increasingly paying the price for it in the form of seasonal allergies. The study, based on over 300,000 respondents between 2002 and 2013, shows that hay fever allergies increase when the timing of spring […]

Female mosquitoes are known to rely on an array of sensory information to find people to bite, picking up on carbon dioxide, body odor, heat, moisture, and visual cues. Now researchers have discovered how mosquitoes pick up on acidic volatiles found in human sweat. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]