Think you see the world as it is? Think again. The brain’s shortcuts make us efficient—but also deeply biased.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

Barresi, who is professor of biological sciences and chair of the Smith College neuroscience program, is creating artworks ...

The first study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, found that wild boars in the Czech ...

The complexity of life insurance products has long been an obstacle for consumers. If they can't understand how the product works or recognize its benefits, they are much more unlikely to purchase a ...

The Chinese astronauts will embark on a six-month mission aboard the Tiangong space station. After entering the orbital outpost around 5 a.m., commander Zhang Lu, flight engineer Wu Fei, and payload ...

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain.

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and other generative systems are statistical prediction engines, not conscious ...

A psychologist specializing in behavioral sleep medicine writes that, once we fall back an hour this Sunday, we should keep ...

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

A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights how maintaining circadian health through regular sleep, light exposure, meal timing, and exercise may reduce cardiometabolic disease ...