Aranyak Goswami, an assistant professor of computational biology, will talk Wednesday about decoding the gut-brain connection to neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, autism and schizophrenia ...

Many animals exhibit distinct traits of shyness, risk aversion, and caution as opposed to boldness and fearlessness. While these traits aren’t necessarily positive or negative, in certain contexts, ...

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most ...

Study shows aging tissues resist tumors even as mutations accumulate. Reveals why cancer rates decline after 85 and opens treatment paths.

Gut microbes are essential partners that help digest food, produce vitamins and train the immune system. They can also pass ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, ...

Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too, ...

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Genetic animals which were bred by the player or spawned as babies will revert to babies upon the world being reloaded (possibly also if their chunk is reloaded). If their age is checked with shift + ...