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New research suggests that the T-Rex didn't just have loads of teeth, but plenty of neurons — enough to make them the "primates of their time."

In Terrifying News, Big Brained T-Rex May Have Been as Smart as Primates

By Frank Landymore

DMT is said to produce strangely similar trips for many who take it — and a new version of the drug may help people stay there longer.

Neuroscience and Brain

Startup Trying to Test Whether People on DMT Experience a Shared Alien Universe

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's no secret that social media use can change adult brain anatomy — but a new study suggests that it may affect adolescent brains differently.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Something Strange in Brain Scans of Kids Hooked on Social Media

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that stranded dolphins may be tragically suffering from Alzheimer's disease — a possible boon to the "sick leader" theory.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Have an Extremely Grim Theory About Stranded Dolphins

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk is claiming that he will have Neuralink implants in human brains in six months — but that claim should be taken with a grain of salt.

As Elon Musk Promises Human Brain Implants in 6 Months, Remember He Promised a Million Tesla Robotaxis by 2020

By Noor Al-Sibai

One guy took more than 40,000 ecstasty pills over the course of nine years and lived to tell the tale — and his story has become a cautionary party legend.

Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Fascinated by Man Who Took 40,000 Ecstasy Pills and Experienced Years of Terrible Symptoms

By Noor Al-Sibai

Brain-controlled wheelchairs using a noninvasive a non-invasive interface allowed several paralyzed patients to control wheelchairs with up to 98% accuracy.

Neuroscience and Brain

Paralyzed People Successfully Test Brain-Controlled Electric Wheelchairs

By Frank Landymore

While shooting his new TV show, Chris Hemsworth underwent genetic testing that revealed he was carrying two copies of a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer's.

Neuroscience and Brain

Chris Hemsworth Reveals Grim Genetic Test Results, Will Take Break From Acting

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have come up with a vaccine that can block the effects fentanyl has on the brain in mice, which is being hailed as a "game changer."

New Vaccine Blocks Fentanyl in Brains of Rats

By Victor Tangermann

researchers claim in a study published last month in Cells Report Physical Sciences that they've developed a way to charge the implants solely through breathing movements — potentially making them completely self-sufficient.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Build Brain Implant Powered Completely by User’s Breathing

By Frank Landymore

A team of neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin claim to have found a way to control how high mice can get on cocaine.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Found a Way to Control How High Mice Got on Cocaine

By Victor Tangermann

A psychological researcher may be close to "Eternal Sunshining" memories of romantic betrayals using a surprising medication regimen.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They Can Damage Memories of Being Cheated On

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers claim to have built a "decoder" algorithm that can reconstruct what somebody is thinking just by monitoring their brain activity using MRI.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Read Thoughts Using an MRI Machine

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at Stanford Medicine have created what they hope will one day be a life-saving treatment for brain cancer: a wireless brain implant.

Doctors Test Brain Implant That Destroys Tumors

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In Scientists were, for the first time, able to show that 800,000 living brain cells trapped in a petri dish can be taught how to play the videogame Pong.

Neuroscience and Brain

Video Shows Human Brain Cells in Dish Teaching Themselves to Play a Videogame

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a major neurological breakthrough, Stanford University scientists have successfully transplanted human brain cells into the brains of live rats.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Transplant Human Brain Cells Into Living Rat Brains

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Pharmaceutical developers Biogen and Eisai want to fast-track a new Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab, for FDA approval — but it's been met with mixed opinions.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Alzheimer’s Drug Appears to Actually Work, to Some Degree

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

UC Davis is refusing to release a cache of grisly photos of the monkeys injured during experiments testing Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant technology.

Battle Erupts Over Alleged Grisly Photos of Brain-Hacked Neuralink Monkeys

By Noor Al-Sibai

Multiple new studies appear to confirm that steroids — bodybuilding 'roids and the prescription drugs — are absolutely terrible for brain health.

Neuroscience and Brain

Steroid Use Linked to a Bunch of Very Bad Brain Problems

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new study has found that, counter to popular belief, smoking weed doesn’t appear to actually make people lazy and apathetic after all.

Neuroscience and Brain

Pot Smokers Not More Likely to Be Apathetic or Lazy, Scientists Find

By Jon Christian

A recent study showed that feeding rats Cola-based soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi caused enough damage to their brains to cause... uh, some... stupidity.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Fed Rats Sugary Soda for Two Months and They Got Demonstrably Stupider

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of university researchers says watching TV as a sedentary activity is more likely to cause dementia than other activities, like computer use.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Link TV Watching to Developing Dementia

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers may have discovered a new and effective way of stimulating and improving memory in older humans — and all they need to do is wear a headset.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Say This Headset Significantly Improves Elders’ Memory

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Psychedelics like LSD may improve brain function, including boosting learning and memory. It also improves mental health and brain injury.

Neuroscience and Brain

Evidence Is Growing That LSD Improves Learning and Memory

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Another of Neuralink's cofounders has left the neurotechnology company amid an apparent slow exodus of the Elon Musk venture's executives.

Neuralink Cofounder Leaves as Brain Company Descends Into Chaos

By Noor Al-Sibai

Deepfakes are a growing threat, and detecting them is only getting harder. A new study says our subconscious is surprisingly effective at detecting them.

Scientists Jack Into Subjects’ Brains, Find That They Can Identify Deepfakes Subconsciously

By Frank Landymore

Brad Pitt is one of the most recognizable faces in acting. But recognizing faces is something that Pitt himself seriously struggles with.

Neuroscience and Brain

Brad Pitt Says He Has Prosopagnosia

By Frank Landymore

Doctors and lawyers work hard to evolve the legal definition of death in a way that helps patients, grieving families and others.

Neuroscience and Brain

Lawyers and Doctors Struggle to Figure Out Who’s Actually Dead

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be the root cause of Alzheimer's disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

“Poisonous Flowers” in Brain May Cause Alzheimer’s, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

If staring at this image makes you feel like you're being swallowed by a black hole, you're not alone. According to a new paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, approximately 86 percent of people experience the same effect.

Neuroscience and Brain

Argh! This Optical Illusion Makes You Feel Like You’re Falling Into a Black Hole

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New research says EMFs emmitted by cell phones could be causing Alzheimer's because of excess calcium buildup in the brain.

Neuroscience and Brain

Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Cell Phones, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Space tourists headed to the International Space Station this month are bringing a special headset that can map changes in their brain activity during spaceflight.

Neuroscience and Brain

SpaceX Space Tourists Are Bringing a Brain-Reading Helmet to Space This Month

By Victor Tangermann

Some users who've taken "magic" mushrooms have experienced "wood-lover's paralysis," also called WLP, and lose control of their body through temporarily.

Neuroscience and Brain

People Who Took Psychedelic Mushrooms Say They Lost Control of Their Bodies

By Lonnie Lee Hood

For the first time ever, a fully paralyzed ALS patient has used a brain implant to communicate — and his pioneering requests were delightful.

Completely Paralyzed Patient Gets Brain Implant, Asks For Beer And Heavy Metal

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cognitive neuroscience professor Guillaume Thierry explores the experience of death and how long our brains can stil process information after we die.

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuroscientist Ponders Whether People Remain Conscious After Having Their Heads Chopped Off

By Victor Tangermann

It looks like at least one corporation may finally have reached their ultimate frontier: advertising to us in our sleep.

Neuroscience and Brain

Woman Says Coors Paid Her $1,000 to Successfully Inject Advertisements Into Her Dreams

By Noor Al-Sibai

US-based Kernel released a piece of wearable helmet tech called the Kernel Flow that uses near-infrared light to scan your brain with lasers.

Startup Builds Brain-Reading Helmet That Scans Your Brain in Infrared

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Turns out drinking can cause worse side effects than a hangover, even when done lightly.

Just One Alcoholic Drink Per Day Appears to Shrink Your Brain, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists had the opportunity to study the brain waves of a dying person — and found an increase in activity associated with memory and dreams.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Recorded the Brain Activity of a Person as They Died, and the Results Are Astonishing

By Tony Ho Tran

Neuralink has responded via blog post to say that yes, they have euthanized a few monkeys during the brain experiments.

Neuroscience and Brain

Neuralink Says 21 Percent of Its Monkeys Died Because of Brain Implant Issues

By Tony Ho Tran

An animal rights advocacy group accuses Neuralink and Elon Musk specifically of facilitating and funding the torture and mutilation of monkeys.

Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Accused of Abusing Brain-Hacked Monkeys

By Tony Ho Tran

Johnny Knoxville suffered a brain hemorrhage and cognitive decline for three months following a bull hit stunt filming "Jackass Forever."

Neuroscience and Brain

Johnny Knoxville Says He Suffered Brain Damage From Stunt in New “Jackass” Movie

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This Rhode Island man's story of his terrifying and rare brain mold condition reminds us that disease truly is everywhere.

Neuroscience and Brain

Man Alarmed When Doctors Discover Black Mold Growing on His Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers and scientists recently expressed their horror at Musk's goal to connect human brains to computer chips just as Neuralink enters human trials.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Express Concern at Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers at the University of North Carolina and the University of Missouri did a study of 830 voters to understand the conservative and liberal brain.

Neuroscience and Brain

Researchers Say There’s Something Psychologically Strange About Trump Voters

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers have discovered that humans experience a “creative sweet spot” in the moments right before we fall asleep that can help solve tough problems.

Neuroscience and Brain

Human Brains Can Solve Hard Problems Moments Before Falling Asleep, Study Finds

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Neuralink, a neurotechnology company that he co-founded, plans to put brain chips in humans next year.

Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Says He Wants to Put Brain Chips in Humans Next Year

By Tony Ho Tran

A new study published in Royal Society B reveals that grandmothers typically have an instinctual and neurological urge to care for their grandchildren.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Scan Grandmas’ Brains, Confirm They REALLY Love Their Grandchildren

By Tony Ho Tran

J.M Stibel, a brain scientist, has discovered evidence that the size of human brains have greatly decreased in the past 50,000 years.

Neuroscience and Brain

Human Brains Are Shrinking, Scientist Warns

By Tony Ho Tran

Stanford scientists have developed a brain implant that allows a man with paralyzed hands to "type" up to 90 words per minute.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain Implant Turns Thoughts Into Text

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers claim to have improved the specific functions of the human brain by using artificial intelligence paired with electrical brain stimulation.

Scientists Claim to Improve Human Brain Function With Implants and AI

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in Spain have successfully created an implant that allowed a blind patient to see by directly stimulating her brain’s visual cortex.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain Implant Lets Blind Patient See Without Eyes

By Tony Ho Tran

New research conducted on five Russian cosmonauts confirms that traveling to space damages the human brain. Now scientists want to know why.

Neuroscience and Brain

Russian Study Confirms That Space Travel Damages Your Brain Cells

By Dan Robitzski

A brain implant that zaps a woman's brain 300 times per day treated her severe depression after medications failed for years.

Depressed Woman Gets Brain Implant, Says It Caused “Most Intensely Joyous Sensation”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered that a protein called sonic hedgehog seems to play a huge role in Parkinson's, potentially revealing new treatment opportunities.

Brain Protein Named After Sonic the Hedgehog May Be Key to Treating Parkinson’s

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists 3D printed living, functional brain cells that they say could be more useful than animals in preclinical research.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists 3D Print Living Brain Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Max Hodak, the former president of Neuralink who recently started a new neurotech company, says that furries are frequently reaching out.

Brain Implant Entrepreneur Says His Inbox Is Filled With Furries

By Dan Robitzski

An experimental neural implant seems to restore both muscular control over and sensation in people's limbs, even when a spinal cord injury is in the way.

Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neural Implant Could Give Spinal Injury Patients Control Over Their Own Limbs Again

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists from Brown University have created tiny microchips designed to be scattered throughout the brain’s surface in order to collect neural data.

Neuroscience and Brain

Researchers Propose Sprinkling Hundreds of Chips Into Human Brain

By Tony Ho Tran

Departed Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak is working on what appears to be a well-funded new brain interface venture called Science Corp.

Neuroscience and Brain

Departed Neuralink Co-Founder Locks Down $47 Million for Secretive Neuroscience Startup

By Simon Spichak

Stunning New Brain-Fat Burning Connection Discovered in Mice

Neuroscience and Brain

Stunning New Brain-Fat Burning Connection Discovered in Mice

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to 3D print a "viable" glioblastoma tumor so that they can develop better, more effective treatments for the deadly brain cancer.

Scientists 3D Print Living, Viable Brain Tumor, to Practice Killing It

By Dan Robitzski

Synchron CEO and founder Thomas Oxley explains how his neural implant startup beat Neuralink in the race to achieve FDA approval.

Neuroscience and Brain

How a Small Neurotech Startup Beat Elon Musk’s Neuralink to Human Studies

By Dan Robitzski

The neurotech company Synchron got FDA approval to start testing its brain implant in human volunteers, beating Neuralink and other rivals to the punch.

Neuroscience and Brain

Tiny Neuralink Rival Wins Race for Approval To Test Brain Implant in Humans

By Dan Robitzski