Activity levels and daytime sleepiness can be combined into a ‘behavioural clock’ that predicts whether a fish will have a short life or a long one.

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

A comprehensive analysis of submissions to the preprint server bioRxiv has revealed a steady growth in the number of scientists uploading their findings to the platform — while neuroscientists have ...

At the heart of today’s artificial-intelligence models are vast bodies of training data — text, videos and images created by real people and used to teach models how to recognize patterns and generate ...

If confirmed in people, the finding might lead to gut-targeted therapies that could reverse cognitive decline.

Collaboration between researchers and religious leaders led to a cut in the likelihood of early marriage by 80%.

As mice age, changes in the microorganisms in their guts contribute to cognitive decline by altering signalling between the gut and brain.