Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Body

'Obelisks': New class of life has been found in human digestive system (sciencealert.com)
Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.
Microbiology, Biology, Human Body, Viruses
476 points by unkeen 19 days ago | 134 comments
'Obelisks': New Class of Life Has Been Found in the Human Digestive Sys (sciencealert.com)
Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.
Biology, Microbiology, Viruses, Human Body, Science
10 points by SMAAART 25 days ago | 1 comments
Brain cells in the in the abdomen help form the gut-brain connection (npr.org)
Not all brain cells are found in the brain.
Neuroscience, Biology, Health, Human Body
28 points by rbanffy 26 days ago | 5 comments
New forms of life discovered inside human bodies (earth.com)
Every time we think we’re close to fully understanding the human body, something fresh and unexpected shows up.
Biology, Human Body, Science, Discovery
5 points by thunderbong 27 days ago | 0 comments
Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body (bbc.co.uk)
An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report.
Biology, Science, Human Body, Research
10 points by JohnHammersley 58 days ago | 0 comments
Teeth (thepointmag.com)
Teeth are our meeting place with the outside world, the point of attack. Crystalline and mineral in nature, teeth show us at our most mollusk-like. The fact that we can grow them, lose them and grow them again (if only once) seems to ally us with reptiles and the largest of the cartilaginous fish. Yet few things mark us more intimately as mammals than our teeth.
Biology, Evolution, Human Body
5 points by gmays 93 days ago | 1 comments
The Vagus Nerve's Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind (wired.com)
It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from behind. Your heart pounds, your blood pressure skyrockets. Goose bumps appear on your arms, sweat on your palms. Your stomach knots and your muscles coil, ready to sprint or fight.
Neuroscience, Psychology, Vagus Nerve, Human Body, Fear
39 points by bookofjoe 111 days ago | 1 comments
Cells are dying. All the time (knowablemagazine.org)
Billions of cells die in your body every day. Some go out with a bang, others with a whimper.
Biology, Human Body, Health, Science
7 points by rntn 115 days ago | 0 comments
Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash (nature.com)
‘Sneeze neurons’ activated by triggers such as pollen or a viral infection send an achoo signal, whereas cough neurons induce a hack.
Neuroscience, Biology, Health, Human Body
41 points by gnabgib 134 days ago | 39 comments
The vagus nerve orchestrates the mind-body connection (quantamagazine.org)
Neuroscience, Human Body, Health
379 points by jandrewrogers 141 days ago | 173 comments
What to Know About Calcification of the Pineal Gland (webmd.com)
Pineal Gland, Health, Medical Conditions, Human Body
7 points by Frummy 157 days ago | 5 comments
The human x-ray scientists (thequackdoctor.substack.com)
Medicine, Science, Human Body
11 points by Vigier 190 days ago | 2 comments
Fusion of 2 sisters into a single woman suggests human identity not in our DNA (elpais.com)
Genetics, Identity, Science, Biology, Human Body
16 points by bookofjoe 254 days ago | 12 comments