While this scenario sounds apocalyptic for us, it’s run-of-the-mill for blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) as ...
The Multi-Sensory Convergence Ladder: As signals ascend deeper into the fish’s forebrain, specifically into a structure called the pallium, single-sense neurons give way to multi-sensory cells. This ...
A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.
Is there really such a thing as human nature? The answer lies between two old extremes, and getting it right shapes how we face AI, authoritarianism, and climate.
Line up the brains of a fish, bird and a mammal, and something unexpected comes up. You do not see three different answers to the problem of making sense of the world. You see one answer, tilted three ...
A tiny zebrafish, separated from us by more than 400 million years of evolution, sorts and then combines its senses in the ...
As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner ...
Naturalist, punk, neurodiversity champion, environmental activist, broadcaster and campaigner. How did Chris Packham become ...
Co-created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Adult Swim’s ‘Rick and Morty‘ revolves around the eponymous duo as they race ...
A 1976 experiment with Trinidadian guppies revealed evolution's rapid pace. When moved from predator-rich streams to calmer ...
The third and final exhibition of Traces of Humanity has arrived in Gibraltar, bringing together local and British artists in ...
The manager of Novo Nordisk Foundation’s $36bn of investments is expanding – and doing bigger deals for – its 'planetary ...