Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Life’s leap from single-celled to multicellular organisms marks a pivotal moment in evolutionary history. This transformation laid the foundation for the complex life forms we see today. By studying ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is building the case that single-celled organisms, creatures with no brain, no neurons, and no nervous system at all, can exhibit habituation, one of the ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

Much more difficult is learning to connect different types of stimuli or events, and predicting that one is linked to another. Such associative learning was most famously demonstrated when Ivan Pavlov ...

Even the most seemingly simple cells are capable of complexity. For generations, we have been studying the microscopic cells of the world to gain a better understanding of how life operates. But ...

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight – in fact, they need it to stay alive – but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, humans ...