Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain.

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, the findings could redefine how memory ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

A newly identified lymphatic drainage pathway along the middle meningeal artery reveals how the human brain clears waste. How does the brain clear away waste? This task is handled by the brain’s ...

All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.

Philip Nitschke, the controversial right-to-die campaigner, has designed a new euthanasia device, the Double Dutch Sarco pod, ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch the thalamus and cortex interact in real time. They found that the thalamus ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...