When we imagine the brain, we tend to picture one command center—such as a control hub within the human skull—managing all body functions. But nature is not always a centralised design. Indeed, ...

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

The Big Little Journeys team employs a range of filming techniques to follow the journeys of two very different animals. New probe lenses and motion control systems are used to see the world from the ...

Isaac Newton would never have discovered the laws of motion had he studied only cats. Suppose you hold a cat, stomach up, and drop it from a second-story window. If a cat is simply a mechanical system ...