New research shows that a deeply ancient part of the brain can process visual information on its own, without help from the cortex. Scientists found that the superior colliculus, a structure shared by ...

For decades, Europa has been the optimistic counterpoint to a lonely solar system, a small icy world that seemed to tick ...

Enzymes are the molecular machines that power life; they build and break down molecules, copy DNA, digest food, and drive ...

Students will have an opportunity to explore minute details of the natural world when the Bermuda Zoological Society unveils ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of ...

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

We usually assume that tissue folding (the process that creates organs, embryos, and the deep ridges of the human brain) ...