Physiology

Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder: scientists have found the cephalopods can recode their brain when temperatures change

Metabolism studies reveal surprising insights into how we burn calories—and how cooperative food production helped Homo sapiens flourish

The COVID vaccines can affect menstrual cycles, but the changes are small and short-lived, research shows

As players take the pitch for the men’s World Cup, science supports their safety and equipment more than it does women’s

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis explains how its AlphaFold AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein

A whole-body perfusion system restored cellular activity in pigs an hour postmortem

Restoring eye tissue postmortem could pave the way for reviving other types of brain tissue

The placenta’s invasion of the uterus holds clues to cancer resistance

A large colony may provide clues about the biology of traumatic stress resulting from climate change and war

An exercise scientist explains the biomechanics behind jumps such as the quadruple Axel and what the body’s limits are

You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.

From conjunctivitis to vertigo, coronavirus infections can affect disparate senses