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Where a person will look next can be predicted based on how much it costs the brain to move the eyes in that direction.

Experiments in fruit flies reveal a mechanism that immune cells can use to control the availability of nutrients when fighting infections.

A meta-analysis of several studies considers the importance of including patient voices when appraising new drug treatments and identifies a potential treatment option for strokes.

Single-nuclei RNA-sequencing sheds new light on how two closely related species of deer behave differently when mating and caring for young.

A new study provides a two-dimensional gene expression map during early brain development.

Experiments in human cells reveal that a chemical modification of DNA known as m6A directs repair factors to sites of damaged DNA to facilitate their repair.

Changes in climate and geology over the last 50 million years have shaped the expansion and evolution of a widespread group of fish.

Experiments in bacteria test a 50-year-old hypothesis on how duplicate genes help living things evolve.