Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.

A groundbreaking project will map the brain's hidden sixth sense. Scientists are creating an atlas of interoceptive neurons, ...

New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving ...

"Once damaged, these hairs never grow back. You have around 3,500, and that is all you'll have throughout your entire life...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

While brain clocks can be used to measure brain health (accelerated or delayed brain ageing), the biophysical models can ...

Fear begins deep in the brain. The amygdala, buried within the temporal lobe, acts as an alarm system, detecting threats and ...

T he idea of being exposed to the vacuum of space sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi film, but the reality is far ...

A boundary is emerging for the most seasoned endurance athletes. Beyond apparent performances and records, their bodies seem to obey a fundamental biological law that regulates long-term ...

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

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that ...