How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand how it works have pushed the boundaries of brain-imaging technologies.

For decades people believed in left brain and right brain personalities, but science shows the truth is far more complex.

Newly decoded brain circuits make memories more stable as part of learning, according to a study led by NYU Langone Health ...

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 ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

A new McGill-led study reveals that digital brain exercises can rejuvenate aging brain systems responsible for learning and ...

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

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.