In C. elegans worms, a single neuron named HSN uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes. A new MIT study that focuses on a ...

LA JOLLA (July 11, 2023)—The life of the tiny worm called Caenorhabditis elegans consists mostly of looking for food, eating food, and laying eggs. So, when any of these behaviors are disrupted, there ...

Adult worms lay eggs in rats' lungs. The eggs are hatched, coughed into the rat’s throat, and swallowed through the digestive tract, where they end up in poop. Reading time 3 minutes A parasitic brain ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers ...