The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

For decades, biologists treated a familiar marine invertebrate as a kind of living afterthought, a translucent tube that ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, is one of the leading causes of dementia worldwide, and currently has no definitive cure. Although antibody-based therapies that ...

A shrew's brain and other organs can shrink by as much as 30% and then grow back in the spring. Once the brain of a human ...

Bees may be smarter than we thought. In a controlled experiment, they learned to differentiate between fast and slow flashes ...

At the 2025 Society for Neuroscience meeting, scientists discussed the adverse side effects of GLP-1 agonists and new ...

If one were to mention December 25th, most people, regardless of their religious affiliation, would probably think of Christmas. How about October 31st? That’s right: Halloween. February 14th? You got ...

Scientists have been able to measure the electrical signals in the "second brain in our guts" for the first-ever time, giving renewed understanding to its interconnection with the brain.

Researchers have created functional brain-like tissue without relying on any animal-derived materials, marking a major step toward more ethical and reproducible neurological research.

In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, ...

For the first time, scientists have grown functional, brain-like tissue without using any animal-derived materials or added biological coatings. The development opens the door to more controlled and ...