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The neurons of our brains may exist at a critical point between two states of matter that can't be distinguished,

Neuroscience and Brain

Human Neurons Are Stuck Between Shifting Phases of Matter, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

The first human Neuralink patient would like to get a Tesla Optimus robot and control it with the implant in his brain.

First Neuralink Patient Wants Tesla Robot He Can Control With His Mind

By Sharon Adarlo

Neuralink has known for years that wires in its brain chip are known to "retract," which raises questions on its future and overall safety.

Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Knew Its Implant Likely to Malfunction in First Human Patient, Did Brain Surgery Anyway

By Sharon Adarlo

People’s brains have gotten bigger compared to those born in the 1930s, according to research, and that bigger brains may stave off dementia.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Human Brains Are Getting Larger and Larger

By Sharon Adarlo

The first patient with a Neuralink implant played Nintendo's Mario Kart video game with his mind in a remarkable and impressive demo video.

Prosthetics and Devices

Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers found that certain lifestyle choices warded off dementia symptoms in patients whose brains already contained Alzheimer's makers.

Neuroscience and Brain

If You Have Signs of Dementia, Doctors Found a Way to Help

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new study suggests that daily smoking can shrink your brain, leading to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

Smoking Cigarettes Does Something Horrifying to Your Brain, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have developed a method to keep a brain alive and functioning for several hours without being connected to the body.

Prosthetics and Devices

New Device Can Keep Brain Alive for Hours Without Body

By Sharon Adarlo

A new paper suggests that marathon runners' bodies might turn to the myelin sheath as a mid-race energy source.

Neuroscience and Brain

Marathon Runners’ Bodies Appear to Be Devouring Brain Tissue, Scientists Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a new study, scientists claim to have unlocked the secret of one man's extreme resilience to early-onset Alzheimer's.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Intrigued by Man With Mutation That Protects Against Alzheimer’s

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

They've produced the first ever complete connectome of an insect brain showing every single neoron and synapse, a landmark in neuroscience.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Just Created the First Complete Map of an Insect Brain

By Frank Landymore

A team of scientists has grown "minibrains" in a lab with the eventual goal of linking them together to form super-efficient "biocomputers."

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Working to Build Biocomputers Out of Lab-Grown “Minibrains”

By Victor Tangermann

A study conducted by scientists from Trinity College Dublin could suggest that quantum processes are involved in the functions of our brains.

Scientists Suggest Our Brains Work Like Quantum Computers

By Frank Landymore

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

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

Miraculously, surgeons just successfully completed one of the most complicated conjoined twin separations ever recorded — with the help of virtual reality.

Prosthetics and Devices

Surgeons Use VR Headsets to Separate Conjoined Twins

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke has spoken out about surviving two separate brain aneurysms while filming the epic HBO series in 2011 and 2013.

Emilia Clarke Says She Had “Quite a Bit” of Her Brain Removed

By Victor Tangermann

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

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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

A team at the University of Southern California managed to capture images of a memory form in laboratory zebra fish brains in real time.

Science & Energy

Scientists Watch Memories Form in Living Brain

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists have successfully taught a collection of brain cells in a petri dish how to play the video game “Pong” — kind of.

Science & Energy

Researchers Teach Human Brain Cells in a Dish to Play “Pong”

By Tony Ho Tran

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

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

A team of researchers might have developed an incredibly promising way to treat — and possibly vaccinate against — Alzheimer’s disease.

Potential Alzheimer’s Treatment Restores Lost Memories in Mice

By Tony Ho Tran

Doctors discovered a Massachusetts man who had tapeworms burrowed into his brain after ingesting feces-contaminated food years before.

Doctors Alarmed to Discover Tapeworm Inside Man’s Brain

By Tony Ho Tran

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

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

Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk says the brain-computer interface startup has implanted a monkey with a device that allows it to play games with its mind.

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has a Monkey Playing Video Games With Its Mind

By Jon Christian

A team of neuroscientists just created a complete, three-dimensional map of a mouse brain that they say could be a game changer for researchers.

Scientists Plot 100 Million Cells to Map Full 3D Mouse Brain

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, something happens during a musical performance: the brain activity of listeners synchronizes with that of the musician.

New Research: Listeners Synchronize Brain Activity With Musicians

By Jon Christian

MIT researchers have found that they could teach test subjects how to manipulate their own alpha brain waves, thereby improving attention at a given task.

Neuroscience and Brain

MIT Says New Technique Lets You Hack Your Own Brain Waves

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers in Japan have developed a new way to keep brain tissue from animals alive and viable for up to 25 days.

Scientists Keep Brain Tissue From Dead Mice Alive For Weeks

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from at MIT have invented a tiny robotic worm that could be steered through the tiny arteries in the human brain using a magnet.

Prosthetics and Devices

Creepy Robotic Worm Could Wriggle Through Your Brain Arteries

By Victor Tangermann

Brain scans of experienced Pokemon fans revealed a distinct region of the brain responsible for recognizing characters from the franchise.

Science & Energy

Scientists Identify “Pokémon Region” in Gamers’ Brains — Seriously

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists say they've devised antibodies that block a specific gene related to brain aging — causing old mice to regain lost cognitive abilities.

“The Mice Became Smarter”: New Treatment Restores Aging Brains

By Jon Christian

Researchers have implanted transparent skulls into mice to get an unimpeded look at their brain activity on a wider scale over a longer period.

Scientists Add Windows to Mice Skulls to Watch Their Brains

By Kristin Houser

A new study found that spaceflight was associated with changes in the brain's white matter, causing it to age faster. But consequences are still unknown.

Alarming Research: Zero Gravity Makes Astronauts’ Brains Age Faster

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers discover that leopard geckos can regenerate parts of their brain, potentially opening up a new area of research in treating the human brain.

Science & Energy

Geckos Can Regenerate Parts of Their Brain, Which Could Help Us Heal Our Own

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows

The Digest: Shocking A Person’s Brain Could Make Them Less Violent, Study Shows

Many Common Psychiatric Disorders Share a Genetic Link, Study Finds

Health & Medicine

Many Common Psychiatric Disorders Share a Genetic Link, Study Finds

By Kristin Houser

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

By Dan Robitzski

Gamers Built a “Digital Museum” That Unlocked New Secrets of the Brain

Science & Energy

Gamers Built a “Digital Museum” That Unlocked New Secrets of the Brain

By Kristin Houser

To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI

Neuroscience and Brain

To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI

By Dan Robitzski

Pig Brains Can Be Kept Alive Outside the Body. Human Brains Might Be Next.

Science & Energy

Pig Brains Can Be Kept Alive Outside the Body. Human Brains Might Be Next.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Who Stick Needles in Brains Curious About What Needles Do to Brains

Scientists Who Stick Needles in Brains Curious About What Needles Do to Brains

By Dan Robitzski

Antidepressants Don’t Always Work. Now Doctors Can Peer Into The Brain To Get Patients The Right One

Antidepressants Don’t Always Work. Now Doctors Can Peer Into The Brain To Get Patients The Right One

By Dan Robitzski

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

Mind-Controlled Mice Navigate Mazes, No Longer Crave Food

By Victor Tangermann

Health & Medicine

How Your Gut Controls Your Mind and What to Do About It

A Mobile Scanner Reveals Brain Activity of Patients Doing Everyday Tasks

A Mobile Scanner Reveals Brain Activity of Patients Doing Everyday Tasks

By Lou Del Bello

Scientists Tease Out How the Brain Processes Sensory Experiences

Science & Energy

Scientists Tease Out How the Brain Processes Sensory Experiences

By Chelsea Gohd

A Needle the Size of a Human Hair Makes Brain Injections Possible

A Needle the Size of a Human Hair Makes Brain Injections Possible

By Chelsea Gohd

A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline

Neuroscience and Brain

A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

How Does Space Change the Human Brain?

How Does Space Change the Human Brain?

By Chelsea Gohd

Alzheimer's starts outside the brain

New Research Suggests Alzheimer’s Starts Outside the Brain

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Here’s How Sleeping Too Little Literally Transforms Your Brain

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Artificial Intelligence

“Holy Grail” Microchip Might Surpass the Power of the Human Brain

New Research Shows how the Brain Processes our Experiences

Science & Energy

New Research Shows how the Brain Processes our Experiences

Biologists Identify New Source for Brain’s Development

Biologists Identify New Source for Brain’s Development

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Science & Energy

Researchers Use Genetics and Electromagnetism to Control the Movements of Mice

Human Limitations Could Prevent Us From Advancing in Science. AI Could Help.

Artificial Intelligence

Human Limitations Could Prevent Us From Advancing in Science. AI Could Help.

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