The New Scientist Book Club has various issues with Masud Husain's prize-winning popular science book about neurology ...

From mini-brains and spider-inspired gloves to edible wolf apple coatings and microplastic-filled retinas, scientists are ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

Rice University has launched an institute to accelerate discoveries in brain science and health. Why it matters: As rates of ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new international study led by Professor Dr. Michael Miller (University of ...

Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new international study led by Professor Dr Michael Miller (University of ...

Homing in on the junk-food pyramid to rank its most harmful members, researchers from Virginia Tech have discovered that ...

A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology has found that leg loss doesn’t slow tarantulas almost at all.

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...

For the first time, a drug shows effectiveness in adult human brain cells — an achievement long thought impossible.

In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.