Discovering a new type of subnuclear body taught me how pursuing the unexpected can lead to new insights—in this case, about long noncoding RNAs and liquid-liquid phase separation in cells.

Research has repeatedly suggested that spending time in natural environments improves mental and physical well-being. Now, scientists are gathering the data needed to incorporate this phenomenon in health-care guidelines.

A brain-activated, bone-derived hormone called osteocalcin regulates the acute stress response in rodents and possibly humans.

Transmission of stress signals in E. coli is dependent on the distance between its inner and outer membranes.

After a harrowing escape from Iran, Dehesh never shied away from difficult choices to pursue a career in plant biology.

In chapter 3, “The Sense of Sensibility,” author Wendy Jones uses scenes from one of Jane Austen’s most celebrated novels to illustrate the functioning of the body’s stress response system.

Inhibiting the activity of a protein involved in the body’s stress response can ease chronic pain in mice.

Regulation of genome expression orchestrates the behavior of insect castes and the human response to social stress.