Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, scientifically speaking. Researchers at the University of Michigan, however, may ...

Biologists have spent generations trying to explain what controls the speed of life. You may already be familiar with the classic idea that growth rises with more nutrients and then steadies. The ...

Throughout the brain's cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT neuroscientists has now found that these layers also show ...