All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning signals to the brain and...

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning signals to the brain and...

Cockroaches are usually treated as simple creatures that react without pause, driven by instinct rather than experience. New laboratory work from...

Cockroaches are usually treated as simple creatures that react without pause, driven by instinct rather than experience. New laboratory work from...

WASHINGTON: The scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds...

WASHINGTON: The scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds...

Scientists are studying 100 possible alien radio signals identified from Arecibo Observatory data, bringing the 21-year SETI@Home project to a close....

Scientists are studying 100 possible alien radio signals identified from Arecibo Observatory data, bringing the 21-year SETI@Home project to a close....

A new study challenges the traditional view that neurons are the sole architects of memory in the brain. Researchers have discovered that astrocytes,...

A new study challenges the traditional view that neurons are the sole architects of memory in the brain. Researchers have discovered that astrocytes,...