The brain isn't a computer—it's a dynamic, adaptable system shaped by evolution. It's emotional, contextual, and designed for ...

Fearing that Trump is planning something awful, our heroes go to Canada to take on Boris, Natasha and Fearless Leader.

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical ...

The first human brain-computer interface by Paradromics was completed in 20 minutes, featuring microelectrodes to help paralyzed individuals control computers with thoughts.

New research shows that the human brain automatically recognizes what actions an environment affords—like walking, climbing, or swimming—even without conscious thought.

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday ...

Many polymorphisms linked to brain abnormalities such as autism are in neuronal proliferation, migration, and maturation pathways (18), and this preliminary survey indicates lineage heterogeneity ...

An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a ...

The new study involved brain tissues from 15 routine autopsies conducted on deceased residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The individuals ranged in age at death from 33 to 100 (average age 69.5 years).

This humanoid robot has a mind of its own. Researchers at Tianjin University in China have created a robot that is controlled by human brain cells in a first-of-its-kind breakthrough in ...