The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability. Previous research in animals has offered several potential techniques for turning ...

Life and limb have joined forces, thanks to artificial intelligence. A study released this month by Tufts University biologists made a significant step toward controlling not only tissue regeneration, ...

Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans. "This study introduces ...

The statement that "human-level artificial intelligence is the last invention mankind need ever make" has been much bandied about of late. It implies that once we have invented something as smart as ...

For five girls from Vista Magnet Middle School, a tube of flatworms is a ticket to space. The team of students won a contest to design a spaceflight experiment, proposing to study whether severed ...

An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria -- the small worms whose power to regrow body parts makes them a research model in ...

Through the humble Planaria worm, Temple University researchers hope to discover what happens when drug abusers who take more than one drug-a common practice-go into withdrawal. Their work, which is ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Some memories just won’t die — and some can even be transferred to a whole new brain. Researchers ...

The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into a complete and perfectly proportioned miniature planarian.

The statement that "human-level artificial intelligence is the last invention mankind need ever make" has been much bandied about of late. It implies that once we have invented something as smart as ...