A Stanford-led study of a marine worm’s metamorphosis found surprising signs that the original larval cells didn’t just die or assume the same role in the adult organism—most of them changed to serve another purpose.

Using imaging of brain activity, neuroscientists have found compelling evidence for a neural network dedicated to language in the adult human brain.

With A Tender Age, the prizewinning novelist tells the story of a Korean American immigrant at summer camp in 1976.