Fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia show traces of a notochord (a rodlike primitive backbone), a significant step in the evolution of vertebrates. Cambrian sediments found in ...

It's been 41 years since Rob Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap cranked things up to 11 in the mockumentary space in 1984. Now it's prepping for the comeback tour of the ages with Bleecker Street and ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...

Brandi, is a Manx kitten who is about four months old. Brandi is missing slightly more vertebrae than a typical Manx cat. She has control of her stools, but little control over her bladder.

But at 16, she she suffered a rare spinal cord stroke, leaving her paralyzed below the neck. The sudden change was devastating. “I actually walked into the emergency room,” she says.

Estrogen and Progesterone Stimulate the Body to Make Opioids Apr. 3, 2025 — Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found.

Apr. 25, 2025 — Chimpanzee naive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can now be grown in cellular cultures, reveals a recent study. They successfully created chimpanzee early embryo models, called ...

Geologists recently discovered the fossil of a Cretaceous-era mosasaur vertebra near Starkville, Mississippi. The experts believe the apex predator of the ancient seas could have weighed 20,000 ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. …or spinal column. Blob is a very simple invertebrate, just like worms or jellyfish. Over 96% of all the animal ...

Jasprit Bumrah is one of the prominent names who is going to miss at least the initial part of the Indian Premier League 2025. The Indian ace bowler has not played any competitive cricket since ...