You’re not a wanton couch potato: UC San Diego research reveals people actually ‘binge-watch’ TV with a lot of self-control.

Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.

Working with fruit flies, researchers have discovered neural pathways that tamp down the pain response.

Genetic analysis suggests Homo sapiens arose from multiple closely related populations in Africa.

Person-to-person transmission is unlikely, but not impossible, experts say.

UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldwide genomic diversity.

“Think of deep sleep almost like a life raft that keeps memory afloat, rather than memory getting dragged down by the weight of Alzheimer’s disease pathology,” one researcher said.

Learning multiple tasks led to cognition improvements that got better with the passage of time.

$70M in funding will catalyze a new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield to apply precision genome editing to microbial communities.

Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.

Lack of support for early care and education reflects conventional thinking about the role of women, says trailblazing activist Marcy Whitebook.

Contamination is disproportionately harming lower-income communities.