A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.

A new study by physicists and neuroscientists describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and self-organization, rather than the biological features ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Who hasn’t gazed at a murmuration of thousands of starlings wheeling rhythmically above their roost at dusk, and not wondered at the majesty and mystery of ...

Often, scientists’ approach when conveying information to the public consists of simple and direct fact-dumping – an approach that doesn’t always work. This model of science communication, known as ...

“Would the world be a better, or even a different, place if the public understood more of the scope and the limitations, the findings and the methods of science?” This question was taken up in 1985 by ...