You’re lying on an operating table. A doctor injects a milky white liquid into your veins. Within a minute, your breathing slows, your face relaxes, and you remain limp when asked to squeeze a hand.

Sometimes it’s the living who haunt the dead. A New York primary care doctor redefined the phrase “life after death” after finding that the brain remains active even after one’s heart stops, as ...

The brain retains higher function even after the body has "died." Sometimes it’s the living who haunt the dead. A New York primary care doctor redefined the phrase “life after death” after finding ...

“The Moment,” music video director Aidan Zamiri’s fascinating, funny and messily self-reflexive feature debut, was never going to actually be about Charli XCX. Yes, the acclaimed British singer and ...

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost memory Nora Bradford, Quanta Magazine Some solutions are reached incrementally ...

If you grew up during the '90s and were an avid TV viewer, it's unlikely you missed "Pinky and the Brain." The cartoon was a spin-off of "The Animaniacs," and it turned out to be a highly successful ...

Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought patterns only begin to emerge in response to our sensory experiences of the ...

There was a funny moment during the Baha Mar Championship postgame interview, when a bird flew threw Matt Painter's media session after Purdue beat Memphis. Some wildlife occupying The Bahamas got a ...

Falling asleep used to be looked at as something that happened gradually until sleep set in, but researchers have found that is not the case. After you close your eyes, there is actually a certain ...

Different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted with high specificity by one of the new genetic tools developed at the Allen Institute. (Allen Institute Image) The Allen Institute ...