A brainless marine creature exposes an ancient body-building system once believed unique to complex life.

The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life.

"Super-agers" seem to produce more new nerve cells in a brain region important for memory than other people their age ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

The University of Barcelona is consolidating its position at the forefront of European research thanks to the strategic ...

A physician-scientist of the highest calibre, her scientific achievements have had international reverberations.

Early pregnancy depends on a remarkable act of coordination. Before the placenta can nourish a growing fetus, the embryo must securely "land" and connect with the mother's blood supply—a process ...

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 ...

Male hormone levels maintain day-to-day stability while female hormones experience continuous changes throughout both the menstrual cycle and various life stages.

Archer Anson was a little over four months old when his mum, Emma, noticed a strange twitching in his hand. “I thought: ‘This is really odd,’ ” Ms Anson, 33, says. “Then a couple of hours later, on ...