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Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Men's greatest heroes have drastic physical mutations that mean they can never hide from a world that hates and fears them.