Without denigrating either field, Foster and Kreitzman integrate biological clock regulation of wakefulness with the homeostatic pressure for sleep and make a very strong case for the study of ...

First, the biological components—be they biochemical reactions occurring within a cell or the emergent behavior of large networks of neurons—lack the digital precision of modern clocks.

When we think of biological clocks, we tend to think of women and how our fertility declines in mid-life. But does the same apply to men? Content note: this article contains references to ...

The Doomsday Clock has been unveiled for the first time ... have opened the possibility that it could be used to make biological weapons. Climate change is another existential threat that ...

biological age is estimated using “epigenetic clocks,” which rely on DNA methylation patterns linked to aging. Standard methods analyze all the cells from a specific tissue at once, making it ...

In a changing India, women stand at the crossroads of career aspirations and the biological clock. To support women ... reasonably priced childcare could make all the difference in the confidence ...

When making this choice ... Society often whispers about ticking biological clocks and dwindling fertility, but the reality is far more nuanced. While pregnancy after 40 comes with its own ...

The epigenetic clock theory suggests aging occurs due to accumulation of epigenetic modifications, or minor changes to the chemical structure of DNA that do not alter the underlying sequence but ...

making it a better tool than previous methods for detecting liver problems. “We find that neuron and glia specific clocks display biological age acceleration in Alzheimer’s Disease with the ...