Using a custom-built microscope to peer into the mouse brain, scientists have tracked the activity of single neurons across the entire visual cortex.
May 19, 2022
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One recipe for longevity is simple, if not easy to follow: eat less. Studies in a variety of animals have shown that restricting calories can lead to a longer, healthier life.
May 5, 2022
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Some gut bacteria have a spooky superpower: they can reanimate dormant viruses lurking within other microbes.
Feb 23, 2022
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If vision science were a movie, the iris would be a supporting actor. It doesn't get as much limelight as the retina, the eye's light-sensing tissue. And it's not as high-profile as the lens, which can cloud with cataracts ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Hundreds of cancer-linked genes play a different role in causing disease than scientists had expected.
Sep 16, 2021
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The leopard gecko's name was Mr. Frosty, and he was hard to miss.
Jun 24, 2021
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A new generation of miniature recording probes can track the same neurons inside tiny mouse brains over weeks—and even months.
Apr 15, 2021
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For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony.
Mar 26, 2021
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Around the world, coronavirus cases are surging and deaths due to the disease keep ticking up—more than 240,000 in the United States so far—but a new antibody analysis offers a hint of hope.
Nov 12, 2020
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It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito.
Oct 12, 2020
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