Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient ...

The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

The red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 75 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast last week, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Bloom concentrations ...

"Thereby affecting various physiological processes." Researchers highlight terrifying multi-generational consequences of PFAS ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

Peck is a firm advocate for somatic exercises as part of recovery from trauma too, and says a "holistic approach to wellbeing ...

The nervous system enables humans to react to their surroundings and to coordinate their behaviour. It comprises millions of neurones and uses electrical impulses to communicate very quickly.

The neurons in the octopus's arms are concentrated along an axial nerve cord that undulates down the length of each arm, with ...

The roundworm C. elegans is a simple animal whose nervous system has exactly 302 neurons. Each of the connections between those neurons has been ...

When Harry Met Sally alums Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, clad in his character’s iconic sweater, announced they are reuniting ...