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From a practical standpoint, the wiring of the human eye - a product of our evolutionary baggage - doesn't make a lot of sense. In...

A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled by a team of...

Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as life can get. The research...

A key part of the brain involved with decision making, the striatum, appears to operate hierarchically – much like a traditional corporation with executives, middle...

Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate appetite, providing a patient-specific model for...

When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day or two to yield results,...

A new study by a University of Texas at Arlington physics team in collaboration with bioengineering and psychology researchers shows for the first time how...