The findings reveal those who begin practicing an instrument at a younger age — like musical geniuses such as Mozart — have stronger connections than those who pick up an instrument later in life.

The discovery shows just one of the ways in which people’s experiences can shape their brain.

Whether it’s playing the piano, the clarinet, or the trumpet, researchers find musicians have stronger structural and functional connections in comparison to people who don’t play instruments...

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“Previous research has shown that obesity increases the risk of a variety of cancers by negatively affecting how the body reacts to insulin levels and changing circadian rhythms,” says senior author Nicholas Webster, PhD, professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine in a university release. 

“We were able to increase insulin sensitivity, reduce hyperinsulinemia, restore circadian rhythms and reduce tumor growth by simply modifying when and for how long mice had access to food.”

While these findings only involve mice, the potential avenues for human breast cancer prevention they open up are promising. The American Cancer Society estimates one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.

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As vaccinations ramp up across the globe, finding out who does and doesn’t have COVID-19 remains a major hurdle. Now, researchers say rats may be able to help sniff out the coronavirus pandemic before it spreads further.

The suggestion comes from scientists training giant rats to sniff out a deadly disease that destroys herds of goats and cows in the world’s poorest countries.

Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic disease that causes flu-like symptoms in humans. Patients may also develop problems in the bones, joints, and heart, and in some cases, the illness is fatal.

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