The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that ...

Mounting research shows that going for a swim can preserve memories, reduce mood disorders and increase mental acuity in all ...

Slicing up and analyzing real, living, three-dimensional brain tissue comes with some obvious complications – as in, it tends ...

Emily Kwong is pretty sure she lacks an inner monologue, while the inner monologue of producer Rachel Carlson won’t stop ...

New research from the DZNE – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases – has found that some areas of the human brain ...

The result suggests that when you zone out, cerebrospinal fluid is being pulled away from your brain. But when you snap back ...

For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that in a moment. But first, let’s go ...

Ever feel like time crawls when bored? Scientists reveal your brain's anterior insula, linked to awareness, slows down, ...

On a cutting surface inside a Scaife Hall laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Julia Kofler examines a brain, pointing ...

Researchers have created one of the most detailed virtual mouse cortex simulations ever achieved by combining massive ...

This week in science: what your brain's doing when you zone out; the world's largest spider web; game over for simulation ...