Study of 2,700 species and evolution reveals Universal Thermal Performance Curve, TPC, predicting how all life responds to ...

Biologists have spent generations trying to explain what controls the speed of life. You may already be familiar with the classic idea that growth rises with more nutrients and then steadies. The ...

A study analyzing 40,000 stories reveals what Aristotle intuited centuries ago - narratives follow a common, predictable structure consisting of three key elements. Using computer analysis, ...

More than 100 years of observations in nature have revealed a universal pattern of species abundances: Most species are rare but not very rare, and only a few species are very common. These so-called ...

The six anatomical layers of the mammalian brain cortex show distinct patterns of electrical activity which are consistent throughout the entire cortex and across several animal species, including ...

Throughout the brain’s cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT neuroscientists has now found that these layers also show ...