Have you ever noticed that you feel awake when it’s light outside, but sleepy when it’s dark? Our bodies know to get-up...
Vaccines are a safe and effective way to protect people from infections. Vaccines train a system in your body -the...
We wanted to know if language grew from gestures, or movements of the body to communicate. We studied gestures and...
Our oceans host more than 230,000 species of marine life. Did you ever wonder how these organisms communicate? What you...
Among humans, having friends might be exciting but it can also be demanding sometimes. Animal societies are not much...
Did you know that while reading this your brain is sending off chemical and electrical signals to help you understand...
The heart is a pump that brings blood to every part of our body. Calcium plays important roles in the electrical...
We tend to think of reproduction as being all about males competing for females; males dance, sing, fight, or build a...
Anyone who has a younger brother or sister probably knows about the magic of Band-Aids: put one on a scrape and the...
The skin is a touch-sensing organ that grows and thickens from birth to adulthood. The touch-sensing cells of the...
As we navigate the world around us, sometimes we’re faced with danger. Our brains help keep us safe from harm, but we...
When we practice a motor skill a lot, we perform better and better partly because we develop new representations of...
