One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

For decades, scientists believed that when a body part is amputated, the brain’s body map dramatically reorganises itself, ...

Could the universe be a giant brain? At first glance, this idea may seem absurd, like something out of a science fiction ...

Find out how prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure alters brain development and motor skills in children. Keep reading for details.

Recent research has found that the thalamus may act like a “relay station” for consciousness by modulating cortical activity in the brain. Researchers found “thalamocortical loops,” where information ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Light-sheet microscopy is helping to overcome several challenges in brain imaging. It enables researchers to study a wide ...

A large cross-linguistic study has revealed that human speech worldwide follows a universal rhythm, with intonation units appearing roughly every 1.6 seconds.

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced a wide range of computing systems inspired by the human brain or designed to ...

Health technologies are often associated with laboratory assays, genetic sequencing, or high-resolution imaging. Yet some of the most powerful indicators of systemic health ...