In today’s fast-evolving world, parents fear their child may be left behind. As a result, they put unnecessary pressure on ...

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David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

Cells send electrical impulses throughout the body, but electrophysiologists struggled to tune into these signals until the ...

The sharp screenplay by Josh Wilcox nails the poker lexicon yet never gets so deep in the weeds that the non-player would be ...

In a world of fitness trackers built to optimize, the greatest indicators of longevity aren't what you expect.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

This week’s question gets a little personal, but it’s a chance to get to know the A.V. Club staff better. We all have an origin story about what got us into this business, so Editor-In-Chief Danette ...

In a world of fitness trackers built to optimize, the greatest indicators of longevity aren't what you expect.