Running may decrease knee inflammation. Even if you look like Phoebe from friends while you’re doing it, running is one of the best workouts for your heart. Unfortunately, running can also be detrimental to your knees, which take a pounding with every step, but new research shows that moderate running may actually be beneficial to your knees. Researchers out of Brigham Young University tested the knee joint fluid of healthy adults before and after running. They found that 30 minutes of moderate running actually decreased knee inflammation, the hallmark of osteoarthritis. While this doesn’t necessarily mean runners are less likely to develop bone problems in their knees, it does suggest that running safely and in moderate amounts may provide newfound benefits to knee health. 

Honeybees help uncover molecular mechanisms for memory. Who could forget the classic movie masterpiece Bee Movie? New research suggests that the bees still remember! In a recent study out of Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, researchers examined how bees are able to maintain complex memories like where all that tasty pollen is—the secret may lie in DNA and a process called “methylation.” Methylation is one way that our bodies can turn genes on and off without altering the structure. When scientists stopped the bees’ ability to methylate DNA, the bees had difficulty building new memories. But increasing their ability to methylate DNA caused an increase in their ability to make new memories. While this finding may not translate to humans just yet, it does provide insight into the memory process and could help researchers studying cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

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