Gut-to-brain pathway explains how the immune system triggers loss of appetite during parasitic infection

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the ...
University of California, San Francisco

How the Immune System Triggers a Loss of Appetite

A new study traces the molecular pathway connecting the gut immune system to the brain during a parasitic infection, ...
Discover Wildlife

Devoured, paralysed, enslaved: The alien-like horror that drills inside and turns its victim into a very sinister, nursery

If it is a female, this is the stage when it hooks itself onto its victim – in most cases the common shore crab. When firmly ...

“Project Hail Mary” – These 45 Exoplanets Could Be Home to Alien Life, Scientists Say

A small group of distant worlds may hold the clues to life beyond Earth. Astronomers searching for life beyond Earth have ...

18 Terrifying Creatures Found at the Bottom of the Ocean That Look Like Aliens

Explore the darkest corners of the abyss with 18 terrifying creatures found at the bottom of the ocean. These are Earth's ...
Yahoo

Hawaii's battle with brain-invading parasite shows California what may be coming

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree tunnel in the Puna district of the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. (Peter Unger/Getty Images) The parasite ...
SFGate

Hawaii’s battle with brain-invading parasite shows California what may be coming

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, raising concerns that the debilitating illness could become more widespread ...
New Scientist

SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weather

We may have been missing signals from intelligent aliens because of solar wind. Researchers from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute say this means we have been watching for ...
KGW8

Brain-infecting worms, known as 'rat lungworm,' detected west of Texas for the first time

SAN DIEGO — Brain-eating worms known as "rat lungworm" have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been found in any state west of Texas. According to new research ...