THE PAPER IN BRIEF • Gut bacteria can affect biological processes at body sites far from the gut. • The extent to which gut bacteria can affect reproductive tissues is not fully understood. • Argaw-Denboba et al.1 report that altering the community of gut bacteria in male mice had negative consequences for the health and … Read more
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The front of the Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the largest receiver for observing the cosmic microwave background built so far.Credit: Mark Devlin/University of Pennsylvania In a few weeks, a new observatory high in northern … Read more
Giving birth shifts a person’s DNA markings back toward a more youthful state, but this trend is less noticeable in new birth parents with obesity.Credit: Chicago Tribune/Getty Aches and pains aren’t all that pregnancy shares with ageing. Brewing a baby leads to changes in the distribution of certain chemical markers on a pregnant person’s DNA … Read more
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber fueled pregnancy rumors in September 2021 after the pop star was pictured on the Met Gala red carpet clutching his wife’s stomach. That rumor was immediately debunked, but curiosity about when the longstanding couple might start trying has not stopped. We were led to believe that it could happen as … Read more