A new study blames the unreliable nature of some research in the field on underpowered statistical analyses.
A new study blames the unreliable nature of some research in the field on underpowered statistical analyses.
Just the flavor of beer is enough to boost dopamine in brain areas related to reward—especially in men with alcoholic relatives.
A new survey finds a high incidence of sexual harassment and rape among women doing anthropological field work.
Mutations tied to autism in mice lead to deficits in the signaling pathway activated by marijuana.
This dramatic science fiction film follows a grieving father using his research to understand his infant son’s gruesome death—and explores the culture and ethics of science along the way.
The insect-inspired dance by choreographer Paul Taylor strikes the perfect balance between six-legged realism and artistic fancy.
Starting in 2014, the federally funded initiative will seek to develop new technologies capable of mapping the activity in the human brain.
Pigeons may use ultra-low-frequency sounds to navigate—a strategy that could steer them off course in the face of infrasonic disturbances, such as sonic booms.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
Tooth-like structures on the skin of a South American fish might serve as high-velocity water-flow detectors.