Could the shapes of living organisms be guided not only by evolution but also by deeper physical and informational constraints? In the 1800s, scientists held varied views on what determined biological ...

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Nearly one in three Harvard varsity upperclassmen athletes study Economics — a concentration rate far higher than any other ...

A psychologist explains the evolutionary and psychological roots of laughter, and what an infant’s giggles teach us about how adults bond.

Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy complication that can strike suddenly, endangering both mother and child.

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ancestors that serves no real purpose. That view is now outdated. A ...

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological possibilities.

Advanced 3D reconstructions of the comb jelly’s aboral organ reveal a sensory system far more complex than scientists expected. The organ contains a wide variety of specialized cells and is closely ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...