Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can ...

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes ...

Hot flashes are a menopausal hallmark: Up to 80 percent of women have them. But numerous lesser-known symptoms are also ...

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Octopuses don’t think like we do. In fact, most of their neurons aren’t in their brains at all. Instead, they’re spread ...

The Gambling Animal offers a sharp, unsettling look at human irrationality, risk-taking and the ecological consequences of ...

Silicon Valley is divided over whether AI chatbots can think. But does the answer matter if they can still do your job?

WEIGHT loss, warding off dementia, ‘curing’ diabetes and now… anti-ageing powers? Is there anything the so-called fat jabs can’t do? While a medicine that reverses the clock would be a ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sent between neurons—specialized cells ...

This important study presents a new method for longitudinally tracking cells in two-photon imaging data that addresses the specific challenges of imaging neurons in the developing cortex. It provides ...

A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has confirmed, with early ...