The brain criticality hypothesis proposes that neural networks may operate near a transition point between ordered and random activity. This critical point has been shown to help neural networks ...

There are no woodpeckers on the Hawaiian islands, but a little yellow bird called the  ‘akiapōlāʻau (Ah-key-ah-pole-ah-ow) ...

Octopuses squeeze through holes that should be too small. How? In a study in Journal of Experimental Biology by Wenci Xin ...

Karl, a 28-year-old man living in the northeastern United States, has a grey tabby cat named "Luna". In the morning, his cat is often the first face that he sees. And on some days from that point on, ...

Irvine, Calif. — Nearly a third of adults in the U.S. do not get enough sleep. A recent surge in attention to this issue raises serious concerns about its long-term health implications, and new ...

Chimpanzee emitting a raspberry call. These calls show highly flexible usage in communities without role models but stable, settled usage in communities with role models, showing the formation of a ...

Sex between animals of the same sex is widespread in nature. But researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on November 2 now describe an unusual partnership involving an ongoing ...

Overtourism has attracted considerable attention in popular city centers, but less is known about tourism risks in under-visited suburban areas. A new study examined how tourism practitioners in ...