The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Sea urchins look like an inanimate bundle of needles, but a closer look at these alien-like creatures reveals a surprisingly ...

New research has uncovered a surprisingly complex nervous system in sea urchins, which appear to possess an “all-body brain”.

Sea urchins may just look like a ball of spikes waiting to be stepped on at the tide pool, but there's much more to these ...

All bilateral creatures have some asymmetry, such as the human heart being located slightly to the left and the liver being ...

We repeat what feels familiar, not what feels good. Healing begins when we help the nervous system relearn what safety ...

New research shows sea urchins have a brain-like nervous system. Neurons are spread across their bodies, with light-sensitive cells included. The findings challenge traditional views of brain ...

Brains are like sponges, slurping up new information. But sponges may also be a little bit like brains. Sponges, which are humans’ very distant evolutionary relatives, don’t have nervous systems. But ...

A week-long retreat combining meditation and mind-body healing produced significant changes in brain activity and blood biology, demonstrating how consciousness-based practices can transform physical ...