When Does the Human Brain Peak? Here's What Scientists Actually Know About Cognitive Decline
If you look to science, you’ll find that cognitive aging is not a uniformly downhill slope that inevitably ends with something like dementia.
This New Map Of Gene Regulation Could Change The Way We See The Human Brain
A project to map the gene regulation responsible for brain development takes some big first steps.
Dollhouse’s Absurd Sci-Fi Premise Actually Got One Thing Right
There’s a pretty good chance you’ve “recalled” a fake memory at some point.
“Quantum materials” could give the human brain a run for its money, scientists say
With this new design, our machines may reach general intelligence — and perhaps even consciousness.
Is the human brain unique among animals? New study hints at an evolving answer
Opinion: The human brain is more complicated than you think.
The trippiest sci-fi movie on Amazon Prime reveals a strange debate about the human brain
Can we really erase our memories like the characters in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'? Experts explain.
Neanderthal baby teeth reveal new details about their development
Dental remains are giving researchers insight into how quickly Neanderthals grew.
Sea slug study explains what happens when a human brain learns
New research explains what allows learning to influence behavior.
A.I. has disrupted how we think about the human brain
Artificial neural networks are computational models that loosely mimic the integration and activation properties of real neurons.
Neuroscience Study Explains Why We Go Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole
Information feels rewarding regardless of how unessential it is to our lives.
Honeybees That Solve Math Problems Challenge Supremacy of Human Brains
Maybe math isn't so hard after all.
Neanderthal Genes Explain the Roundness of Modern Human Brains
A globular brain is a modern one.
Mutant Ferrets With 'Severely Shrunken' Brains Reveal Why Ours Are So Big
Genetic engineering shrunk their brains by up to 40 percent.
Scientists Uncover the 3 Evolutionary Factors That Made Human Brains So Big
There is "no clear link between brain size and behavior."
Researchers Mimic Human Brain to Solve Neural Networks' Huge Power Problem
Computers just stole one of the human brain's best tricks.
Electrode Zaps Could 'Turbo Charge' the Human Brain, Research Shows
We can now alter the way our brains communicate.
3 Life-Changing Things That Happen to the Human Brain at 25
You've peaked. Kinda.
At F8, Facebook Debuts a New Platform: The Human Brain
'iZombie' Treats Human Brains Like Party Drugs
This is all feeling a little 'True Blood.'
The 2016 Experiment of the Year
'Inverse' has singled out one study from countless worthy efforts and 10 groundbreaking finalists because it will fundamentally alter the future of an entire field.
Kernel's Neural Implants Could Boost Failing Human Brains
Naturalizing artificial intelligence.
How Ambient Noise, the OG Productivity Trick, Helps Human Brains Focus on Work
What distracts us from our work isn’t sound itself: It’s our engagement with it.
Neurorobotics Is Bringing the "Efficiency" of the Human Brain to A.I. Robots
Getting a machine to think like a human is hard enough. Getting a machine to be as power efficient as a human is even tougher.
Scientists Discover That Human Brains Are Surprisingly Similar to This Ugly Fish
Our evolutionary history isn't the prettiest.
Please Don't Let Eating Human Brains Become a Health Fad
Your family would need to eat them across several generations.
