An ancient bacterial protein known as “flagellin” signals to our neurons in our gut when we’re full, directly showing how our ...

Researchers found communication between the gut and the brain has evolved to be categorized as a new and distinct sense.

Chemical chatter from resident bacteria in the gut can hit the brain and nervous system in real time, shaping behavior and ...

A study in Nature reveals how gut cells sense microbial flagellin and signal the brain to stop eating—introducing a sixth ...

New research from Duke University highlights the role of neuropods, specialized sensory cells in the colon that act like ...

Duke University researchers have discovered specialized cells called neuropods in the colon, acting as taste buds for the gut ...

Learn more about a new breakthrough in the gut-brain axis that suggests our microbiome has a direct and instant influence on ...

Have you ever felt like your dog had a sixth sense? We know they have outstanding hearing (they’re at our door waiting when we’re a mile away from home) and an unbelievable sense of smell. But they ...

Twenty-five years ago, on Aug. 6, 1999, “The Sixth Sense” hit theaters, and the horror movie and its director M. Night Shyamalan became worldwide sensations. But a quarter century is an ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of 'The Sixth Sense,' The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at what the original cast has been doing since the '90s, from more horror films to comedy flicks.