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An official uses a retinal scan to positively identify an Iraqi man; Baghdaddi, Iraq, January 2007 (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

A sense of protection: is the immune system an extension of our minds?

Entering a body is much like entering a country. At the border, agents verify the identity of those seeking to…

Toxoplasma gondii is a microbial parasite often carried by cats, and passed on through contaminated water and faeces. It infects almost all warm blooded animals. In humans this microbe is usually kept in check by the gut microbial community, which out-compete it. However if the gut bacterial community is not functioning normally, toxoplasmolysis may result. In rats and mice, the pathogen can pass into the blood stream and migrate to the brain, where it induces behavioural changes. Infected mice no longer recognise cats (or their odour) as dangerous, which provokes them to put themselves at risk. When a cat eats an infected rat, this spreads the pathogen to a new host. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Gut feelings; are microbes in your intestines dictating your mood?

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The swordfish (Xiphias gladius) is a migratory predator. From their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea, these deep water hunters range throughout the world’s temperate and tropical oceans. We most often see them on the menu; Atlantic stocks have declined massively due to overfishing (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Heated eyes give swordfish deep-sea ‘night vision’

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