This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything
When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with each other......»»
Good smells, bad smells: It"s all in the insect brain
Everyone has scents that naturally appeal to them, such as vanilla or coffee, and scents that don't appeal. What makes some smells appealing and others not?.....»»
Quantum material exhibits "non-local" behavior that mimics brain function
We often believe computers are more efficient than humans. After all, computers can complete a complex math equation in a moment and can also recall the name of that one actor we keep forgetting. However, human brains can process complicated layers o.....»»
Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics
An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind......»»
See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain
A dazzling new map lights up the fruit fly brain.....»»
A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here"s what we found
Researchers often think how and when their results will be published. However, many research projects don't see the light until decades (or even centuries) later, if at all......»»
New AI chip that uses human brain tissue just got military funding
New AI chip that uses human brain tissue just got military funding.....»»
What Life in Barbie"s Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to Her Brain--And Yours
The Barbie movie’s plastic pink world might not be that fantastic in real life.....»»
How Dangerous Are Soccer Concussions? They May Cause Lasting Damage
As the 2023 Women’s World Cup kicks off, repeated concussions and head injuries in the sport raise discussion about the lifelong consequences on the brain.....»»
Pure Oxygen Speeds Up Learning. Can It Help Stroke Survivors Recover?
Relearning everyday tasks is difficult for people with brain trauma. These researchers want to know if combining physical therapy with doses of oxygen will make the process easier......»»
Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them
Maybe it’s a commercial jingle, a TikTok song, or a new summer bop. Here’s how to trick your brain into hitting pause......»»
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression
Dementia experts hail "watershed moment" after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment. Enlarge / Alzheimer’s patient brain scans, provided by Eli Lilly. The US company has reported full findings of its phase 3 clinical.....»»
Breakthrough in material design will help football players, car occupants and hospital patients
The discovery that football players were unknowingly acquiring permanent brain damage as they racked up head hits throughout their professional careers created a rush to design better head protection. One of these inventions is nanofoam, the material.....»»
Establishing ethical nanobiotechnology
Prosthetics moved by thoughts. Targeted treatments for aggressive brain cancer. Soldiers with enhanced vision or bionic ears. These powerful technologies sound like science fiction, but they're becoming possible thanks to nanoparticles......»»
To Understand the Human Brain, Give an Octopus MDMA
Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins, talks about how psychedelics affect the brain and how they can help people heal from traumatic experiences......»»
Evernote, the memory app people forgot about, lays off entire US staff
Launched in 2004, the company once sought to be the world's brain dump. Enlarge / Evernote's self-conception of its brain-decluttering powers. It lacks only for a step where many more users pay for premium accounts than currently.....»»
AI breakthroughs could come via the brains of bees, scientists say
A bee's brain may only be the size of a sesame seed, but scientists in the U.K. believe its decision-making processes could help AI engineers in their work......»»
AI breakthroughs could come via the brain of bees, scientists say
A bee's brain may only be the size of a sesame seed, but scientists in the U.K. believe its decision-making processes could help AI engineers in their work......»»
American mink regrow their brains in a rare reversal of the domestication process
Farm animals look different from their wild counterparts in many ways, and one difference is consistent: their brains are smaller than those of their ancestors. From sheep to pigs to cows, domesticated animals have smaller relative brain sizes compar.....»»
All animal intelligence was shaped by just five leaps in brain evolution, new paper argues
The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans......»»
One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost
An early experiment suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory. Enlarge Klotho, the ancient Greek goddess of fate, is responsible for spinning the thread of life. In the human body, a protein with the.....»»