A modern-day tranquiliser gun propels the dart — a ballistic syringe filled with drug and tipped with a hypodermic needle — ...

Stroke remains a leading cause of long-term disability, impacting millions of individuals annually. Patients with stroke can experience a variety of ...

Over half of the neurons in Octopus vulgaris, about 300 million, are not in the brain at all, but distributed in “ ...

New clues have emerged in the mystery of how the brain avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’ — the distortion and overwriting of ...

This important work substantially advances our understanding of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a regenerative signal during postnatal cerebellum repair by activating adaptive progenitor ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

While humans share over 95% of their genome with chimpanzees, our brains are far more complex due to differences in gene ...

A stage of sleep – reflected in the size of our pupils – is important to committing recent memories to the brain, which could ...

When it comes to fascinating animals, the ostrich stands out—not only because of its size but also due to a unique feature: ...

Primates have big brains, but so do elephants and whales. Elephants and whales, however, have much larger bodies that their ...