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The Secret, Stressful Stories of Fossils

A new field called paleoepigenetics is probing how evolution responds to sudden stress.

November 23, 2015

The Neuron’s Secret Partner

Glial cells are the brain’s architects, doctors, police, janitors, and gardeners.

July 29, 2015

The Rise and Fall of the Living Fossil

The idea that some species are relics that have stopped evolving is finally going extinct.

March 4, 2015

This Is Where Your Childhood Memories Went

Your brain needs to forget in order to grow.

July 31, 2014

Tantalizing Creatures with Male and Female Genes

Gyandromorphs overturn traditional theories of sexual development.

April 25, 2014

Half Male, Half Female, Total Animal

Mixed-sex animals teach us about our own multifarious nature.

April 25, 2014