How strongly does our metabolism influence thinking? This question has been examined by Dr. Philipp Haueis, a philosopher of ...

A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe ...

Interdisciplinary approaches in developmental biology have revealed how cells build the embryonic bones of the skull vault ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic.

The field of educational research is increasingly concerned with rekindling the joy of learning as a central component of effective pedagogy. In recent ...

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf's lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human ...

The human brain isn’t a blank slate waiting to be written by experience, according to research that challenges the ...

New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins.

Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought ...

By: Sage Rohrbach and Michelle Yang A map of over 1,000 neurons, reconstructed from an analysis of one cubic millimeter of ...