There’s now technology that can control an animal’s movement through human thought. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), while still in development, are gaining momentum as breakthroughs in electronics ...
A new study led by the University of Birmingham shows that the brain of turtles has evolved slowly, but constantly over the last 210 million years, eventually reaching a variety in form and complexity ...
Feb. 1 (UPI) --For turtles, slow and steady isn't just a racing strategy. It's also an approach to brain evolution. According to a new study published this week in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — If you were getting a scan done at Rockledge Regional Medical Center Tuesday morning, you might’ve caught a glimpse of a patient unlike anyone else. The hospital hosted a ...
Turtles exhibit a remarkable capacity to survive prolonged periods without oxygen through a suite of adaptive mechanisms. Central to this tolerance is a dynamic suppression of neuronal activity, ...
San Diego (April 3, 2005) – For a human, mere minutes without oxygen (called anoxia) resulting from cardiac arrest, cerebral stroke or being trapped under water can lead to profound tissue damage and ...
From the files of the U.S. Park Police, Incident No. 08-29683: Suspicious vegetation in Rock Creek Park. The hero of this little crime drama has a brain about the size of a raisin, so of course she ...
A new study shows that the brain of turtles has evolved slowly, but constantly over the last 210 million years, eventually reaching a variety in form and complexity, which rivals that of other animal ...