Reducing industrial animal use can help to shrink our carbon footprint and boost health—but doing so means we need nutritious meat alternatives that are also tasty and affordable.  

This is according to a new Frontiers in Science article in which researchers reveal how hybrid foods, which combine proteins from different sources, could be part of the solution.  

Income inequality in society has been linked to structural changes in the brains of children who go on to experience poorer mental health.

Stanford Medicine researchers have devised an immune system assessment tool that could help guide treatment for critical care patients.

New study shows that children who were more empathic early in life—those who strongly felt others’ suffering as toddlers and again as preteens—were more likely to experience anxiety and depression during the Israel–Hamas war that followed the October 7th attack. Crucially, this vulnerability only emerged under conditions of mass trauma: empathy was not linked to distress in regular times. The findings reveal that while empathy is often celebrated as a protective trait, it can also heighten susceptibility to psychological harm in the face of widespread conflict and violence.