Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Behe touts the concept of ‘irreducible complexity,’ asserting that certain biological systems cannot evolve through gradual ...

Living things often become less responsive to a repeated stimulus over time, a process called habituation. To regain sensitivity, the stimulus must either be stopped for a while or gradually made ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on one of life's greatest mysteries: why biology is based on a very ...