Jordana Cepelewicz

Researchers found that elongating certain brain signals in rats improved their memory. The work revealed a new property to look out for in the hunt for “biomarkers” of learning.

Theories about how animals became multicellular are shifting as researchers find greater complexity in our single-celled ancestors.

By studying a swarm of flying midges as though it were a fluid, physicists have learned how collective behaviors might stabilize a group against environmental disruptions.

To researchers’ surprise, deep learning vision algorithms often fail at classifying images because they mostly take cues from textures, not shapes.

Contrary to popular belief, bacteria have organelles too. Scientists are now studying them for insights into how complex cells evolved.

Immunologists confirm an old hunch: T-cells identify what belongs in the body by timing how long they can bind to it.

Your expectations shape and quicken your perceptions. A new model that explains how that happens also suggests it’s time to update theories about sensory perception and decision making.

Promising efforts at disentangling the effects of genes and the environment on complicated traits may have been confounded by statistical problems.

Two new studies show that the brain’s navigation system changes how it represents physical space to reflect personal experience.