Scientists studying worms have discovered a group of cells that help the body transition from wakefulness to slumber. A good night of sleep entails about eight hours of blissful immobility -- a state ...

For millennia, humans have used knots for all kinds of reasons — to tie rope, braid hair, or weave fabrics. But there are organisms that are better at tying knots and far superior — and faster — at ...

Scientists have developed a new method to simulate the complex movements of animals with exceptional accuracy. The research team set out to solve a long-standing challenge in biology -- how to ...

Worms move faster in an environment riddled with randomly-placed obstacles than they do in an empty space. This surprising observation by physicists at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands ...

California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot tying by demoing twisting motions that help them escape a tangled worm ball Anyone who’s grappled with jumbled headphones ...

A good night of sleep entails about eight hours of blissful immobility--a state of near paralysis that, though welcome at night, would be inconvenient during the day. In a recent paper published in ...