Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

Its closest rival in terms of size, the Nomura’s jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai), is heavier per individual due to a larger ...

For most living things, ageing is a regular part of life. However, some animals seem to slow down, avoid, or even escape this ...

An unusual jellyfish found in tropical oceans has amazed scientists because it can reverse its own life cycle and avoid death. This rare ability allows the creature to return to an earlier stage of ...

1 Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Aquatic Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Liaoning Province Key ...

Blurring the line between biology and robotics, Chinese scientists are taking biomimicry to new depths with a small, low-energy bionic jellyfish that's so lifelike in form and movement it’s almost ...

An unprecedented number of "pink meanie" jellyfish, a species that can grow up to 50 pounds with tentacles stretching as long as 70 feet, are washing ashore along the Texas coast. From Port Aransas to ...