Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Although we know a lot about the brain and what it does, we still have much left to learn about the most complex organ in the ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new injury risks. We must rethink brain protection strategies.

A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in triggering conscious perception.

Understanding exactly when and how brain aging accelerates gives us strategic time points for intervention,” said Lilianne ...

The human brain stands as perhaps nature’s most extraordinary creation, constantly evolving throughout our lives in response to a complex interplay of biological and environmental influences.

Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the human brain is particularly "troubling", wrote Ben Spencer, science ...

On this episode of Primer, we explore the world of biocomputing, where scientists are blurring the lines between the biological and synthetic.

Turing AI,' which operates more like the human brain. This new AI integrates certain processes instead of separating them and then migrating huge amounts of data like current systems do.