The choice of rodent strain for neuroscientific research is often considered a secondary factor when selecting rat or mouse models for functional studies of ...

The "kiki-bouba" effect shows people make intrinsic associations between sounds and shapes. A new study reveals this same propensity is present in newborn chickens.

Andragogy promises autonomy and respect, but who decides when learners deserve it, and what counts as learning in the first place?

A neuroscientist’s warning about ed-tech is spreading fast with parents and lawmakers. But the research is more nuanced and ...

Epigenetic programming from prolonged undernutrition and terror can persist 3–4 generations, plausibly contributing to ...

Taking a daily multivitamin may slow down biological ageing, a study has suggested. Experts calculated that two years of daily vitamins cut biological ageing by about four months on average.

Cancers emerge from many different paths. One path begins early, in embryonic development, when a protein complex called PRC2 ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

Salk researchers create epigenetic atlas of cell type-specific changes in the aging mouse brain, representing eight different ...

A daily multivitamin may do more than fill nutrition gaps—it could help slow biological aging. As part of an on-going clinical trial, researchers studied how multivitamins and cocoa extract affect our ...

This is our biological age, a measure of how much our cells have actually weathered over time. It’s one of the reasons why some people look much younger than their age. But sometimes, your cells are ...