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Creatine plays a vital role in the body's energy system, but it also points to effects beyond "energy" that help brain and ...

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When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

Casey Harrell, a man with the progressive muscle disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), reacts to using a brain-computer interface to 'speak' for the first time. The device interprets brain ...

The social network company hopes neuroscience will give it an advantage in the AI race. Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text just by thinking.

It has to plan a trajectory to the cup, control dozens of muscles, make adjustments based on feedback from the eyes and fingers, and maintain its focus on the goal: a tasty jolt of caffeine. And it ...