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Rapid eye movements during sleep reveal where mice look in dreams

25 August 2022

In mice, jerky eye movements in the REM phase of sleep correlate with recordings of brain activity in cells that track head orientation

Synthetic (left) and natural (right) embryos to show comparable brain and heart formation.

Synthetic mouse embryos with rudimentary brain grown in the lab

25 August 2022

Embryo-like structures grown in an incubator instead of a uterus could lead to better treatments for infertility and a range of other medical conditions

3D models of the femur and ulnae of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

24 August 2022

An analysis of thigh and forearm bones from Sahelanthropus tchadensis suggests the early hominin was mainly bipedal, but the claim is controversial

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Rapid eye movements during sleep reveal where mice look in dreams

Synthetic mouse embryos with rudimentary brain grown in the lab

Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago

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