Some people think that learning history might be useless. "It already happened, what's the point?" Yet the truth is that ...

floresinsis male carrying a giant rat over his shoulder. Illustration by Peter Schouten “Homo floresiensis and modern humans are simply occasional guests that check in and check out for limited ...

A total of 15 individuals of Homo floresiensis have been found, though some are represented only by teeth and bone fragments. Archaeologists also discovered a number of small stone tools suitable ...

A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat. A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits.

The findings come from sand dredging operations off the coast of Java, Indonesia. Scientists discovered a Homo erectus skull in the Madura Strait. The skull was buried under silt and sand around ...

This color-coded graphic shows different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted by one of the genetic tools developed by scientists at the Allen Institute and other institutions.

You can listen to episodes here. Science has pretty well established that the brain isn’t static; it changes and adapts throughout our lives in response to life events in a process called ...

It emphasizes brain-healthy foods like leafy greens, berries, nuts and olive oil. The study, being presented Monday at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting, analyzed data from ...

Scientists now have new tools to help design the next generation of drugs to help treat brain disorders. "There is an overall principle that diseases usually arise from flaws in specific cell ...

In response, researchers have combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and inhibitory control training for the first time internationally. These techniques prepare the brain to improve ...

A team of scientists from Brazil has identified a molecule in the brain that appears to reverse brain aging and could even cancel out the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in animal models.