Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Biology

What's so special about the human brain? (nature.com)
Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.

Neuroscience, Human Biology, Research, Science

5 points by bryanrasmussen 22 days ago | 0 comments

The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (2016) (bbc.com)
Relatively few people are lefties, and it’s a puzzle why. Still, the science of handedness is revealing fascinating insights about you – from how it could change the way you think, to the fact that you might be ‘left-eared’.

Science, Genetics, Human Biology

103 points by blubbb 46 days ago | 279 comments

The human heart shows signs of ageing after just a month in space (nature.com)
Over the course of just one month in space, engineered human heart tissue got weaker, its ‘beating’ patterns became irregular and it underwent molecular and genetic changes that mimicked the effect of ageing1.

Space Exploration, Human Biology, Aging, Health

19 points by belter 57 days ago | 6 comments

Puberty Hasn't Changed Since the Ice Age (nautil.us)
The blueprint was set at least 25,000 years ago.

Human Biology, Evolution, Science

21 points by dnetesn 61 days ago | 7 comments

Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 (theguardian.com)

Human Biology, Aging, Science, Health

77 points by nemoniac 99 days ago | 11 comments

Evidence for ~12-h ultradian gene programs in humans (nature.com)

Science, Human Biology, Genetics, Circadian Rhythms

67 points by XzetaU8 103 days ago | 11 comments

Human reproduction comes at the expense of faster aging and a shorter life (biorxiv.org)