Sometimes dubbed the 'pleasure chemical', dopamine is often wildly misunderstood. Nikolay Kukushkin delves into what the much-discussed neurotransmitter really does to our brains. Our brains are ...

Dopamine is often casually labelled the brain's "pleasure chemical", but neuroscientists say this popular idea misses the point, and may even explain why people so often feel conflicted, restless and ...

The findings mark the first documented detection of bat-origin orthoreovirus—a kind of double-stranded RNA virus—in human cases of acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh. The study ...

Brain-eating amoeba cases in Kerala wreaked havoc this year. While the survival rate has over the years improved as per a BBC report, number of cases are rising rapidly. (Image source: Canva) A surge ...

Background A 39-year-old man presented with a history of several months of progressive personality changes, social withdrawal, bradykinesia, mutism, dysphagia, worsening gait, and difficulty with ...

Sep. 6, 2025 A newly discovered species of Bartonella bacteria in Brazil’s Amazon sand flies shares DNA similarities with dangerous Andean strains. Scientists stress the need for further studies to ...