The octopus is a remarkable invertebrate characterized by an advanced neurological system featuring nine brains that ...

With their quick-change camouflage and high level of intelligence, it’s not surprising that the public and scientific experts alike are fascinated by octopuses. Their abilities to recognize faces, ...

An octopus distributes its nervous system in a way that no vertebrate does: only about one-third of its neurons sit inside the central brain, while the remaining two-thirds are packed into the nerve ...

Could psychedelics cure phantom limb pain? Amputee Miles O’Brien puts it to the test. When explorer Albert Lin’s phantom limb pain vanished after one dose of psilocybin, he sought the science behind ...