Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as “Jennifer Aniston cells,” ...

It is a biologist's daily business to look for correlations in data, and even though correlation does not imply causation, it ...

An adult human body consists of some 37 trillion cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types.

Individuals who simply never married reported nearly identical personality and life satisfaction scores to lifelong singles. They were slightly more extraverted, however. Personality differences ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

Instead, I have a tip for couples: don’t assume your single friends have the disposable income you do and make social plans accordingly. Disposable income disparity in friendships is real.

Studies on humans have generally been less definitive than those done on animals because it is substantially more difficult to record the activity of a single neuron in human brains. However ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Real-time imaging shows how plastic-stuffed cells form clumps that affect mouse movement.

Imagine the tree of life. The tip of every branch represents one species, and if you follow any two branches back through ...

Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are ...

Discussing the Marry Me actress’ new life, the insider told Us Weekly, “She’s enjoying being single and is feeling herself.” Lopez has no regrets and is “having fun” while she’s ...