Whether we like it or not, our brains look for patterns in various contexts. At the core of our understanding are biological mechanisms that strongly influence how we perceive the world around us.

Yet if the stage was Shakespeare’s master metaphor for understanding the human condition, academics might do well to embrace another: education. Learning is more than a process of acquiring ...

New research based on the findings, published in several papers Wednesday in Nature and its sister journals, represents a “leap in understanding of the human body,” according to the Human Cell ...

Especially when it comes to communication. With no common human-dog language, our ability to communicate relies on understanding and reading our pet, and vice versa. That process can seem seamless.