Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl-like shape.

Some people have such a hectic existence they give the impression that, in order to fit it all in, they must be paying someone else to do their sleeping for them. One such is Siddhartha Mukherjee. His ...

As the series' return sneaks up on us, we debrief Sam Fisher's finest outing with its creators. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

How a complicated and expansive academic theory developed during the 1980s has become a hot-button political issue 40 years later. By Jacey Fortin About a year ago, even as the United States was ...

In a previous post, I described the 1873 discovery by Camillo Golgi of a method to visualize neurons and his decades-long debate with co-Nobelist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, which led to our current ...

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was a satisfying tactical stealth game when it released in 2005, and it's arguably the reason so many want the series to make a comeback. Ubisoft seems reluctant to confirm ...

Game theory applied to cell encounters inside a tumor provides a sociological perspective on the possible behaviors of cells in a collectivity, and offers a more comprehensive understanding of the ...

Assassin's Creed III will ship with another round of multi-stabby fun, and today Ubisoft announced which studio it's trusting to handle the online action ...