Scientists have created the first reference brain for the clonal raider ant. They used the tool to make unexpected discoveries, including variation among the individual ant brains that may relate to ...

A one millimeter worm is helping scientists rethink what controls the pace of aging. By tracing how its tiny brain senses the ...

Somehow, in the United States, the definition of the word got reduced to a parking lot and a strip mall. In the famous parking lot and strip mall in uptown Kingston, there’s a grocery store, Hannaford ...

The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes the absorption and storage of energy. In times of hunger, however, insulin ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...