Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom—function permanently without it. This may be relevant in future ...

Veronika resting while using a stick. Photo / Antonio J Osuna Mascaró In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic Far Side comic entitled Cow Tools. In it, a cow stands proudly beside a ...

The essence of structural genomics is to start from the gene sequence, produce the protein and determine its three-dimensional structure. The challenge, once the structure is determined, is to extract ...

Happiness is an electrifying and elusive state. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and even economists have long sought to define it. And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology—positive ...

Brain games can help boost focus, concentration, and memory. They may also help slow age-related cognitive decline, even if they can’t prevent it. Choose games that increase in difficulty and variety ...