When you're trying to communicate or understand ideas, words don't always do the trick. Sometimes the more efficient approach is to do a simple sketch of that concept—for example, diagramming a ...

During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish ...

"4 The Record" host Lily Coleman spoke with Maisha Howze from Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services and De’netta Benjamin-Miller, executive director of Sojourner House and Soujourner House ...

The answer lies partly in internet culture. The “goldfish brain” joke serves as a quick, relatable shorthand for forgetfulness, especially when it comes to everyday attention slips in a fast ...

While staring at the fish, looking for a perfect frame for your sketch, your brain will start to absorb ... Instead, compare your paintings to actual goldfish. The same holds true for anything you ...

Handwritten by Dutch biologist and microscopist Johannes Swammerdam, the manuscript contains a detailed description and drawing of a honeybee drone’s brain. The illustration, based on his own ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders. But are we sure ...

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and just after one person's pregnancy. When you purchase through links on our ...

A Chinese research team has drawn a network map of a macaque brain that will help explain the macroscopic organizational patterns of the human brain. The map, created by researchers at the Chinese ...

What's more, a recent surge in research on fish brain function has found that goldfish share many of the same cognitive abilities as humans, including object perception, social learning, and spatial ...