The sea urchins' body structure, which belong to the phylum Echinodermata (which also contains sea cucumbers and starfish), ...

All bilateral creatures have some asymmetry, such as the human heart being located slightly to the left and the liver being ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of tumors. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) reports that ...

Your baby's brain starts growing in the first few weeks and doesn't stop for decades. Here's how it all begins – and why it's ...

The pointy shell of sea urchins hides a remarkably complex neural network that resembles the brains of vertebrates, new research suggests.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of tumors. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered that pancreatic tumors exploit the body’s nervous system by forming ...

New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information.

A multibillion-dollar project reveals critical moments during pregnancy, and even after birth, when the risk of neurological ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...