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......»»
Wordle today: Here"s the answer, hints for October 3
It's Monday again but luckily there's a brand new Wordle. But if you've used all your brain cells over the weekend and are struggling with today's puzzle, never fear — we're here to help every day.If you just want the answer, you can jump strai.....»»
The brain cells that slow us down when we"re sick
We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we're feeling under the weather. And we're not alone—most animals reduce those same three behaviors when they're fighting an infection......»»
Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain
Neural networks can use self-supervised learning to figure out what matters. This process might be what helps humans do the same......»»
Making lab-grown brain organoids "brainier"
By using stem cells to grow miniature brain-like organs in the lab, scientists have opened a new avenue for studies of neurological development, disease and therapies that can't be conducted in living people. But not all mini–brain organoids are cr.....»»
Nanoparticles can improve stroke recovery by enhancing brain stimulation, study shows
In a recent study, researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and other universities in China have reported that brain stimulation combined with a nose spray containing nanoparticles can improve recovery after ischemic stroke in an animal m.....»»
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution.....»»
Music on the brain: Listening can influence our brain’s activity
The "Mozart effect" isn't real—but music does affect our mental processes. Enlarge People have long tried to use music as a tool to improve their abilities. Soldiers chanted songs when marching into battle, sailors sang son.....»»
The Purpose of Dolphins" Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood
Dolphins and whales experience a lot of pressure while swimming, and a “wonderful net” of blood vessels may protect their brain, new research shows.....»»
Why whales don"t get brain damage when they swim
Special blood vessels in whale brains may protect them from pulses, caused by swimming, in their blood that would damage the brain, new UBC research has suggested......»»
Scorn will make your stomach churn and your brain hurt
We played 45 minutes of Scorn, a grotesque horror game that's not for those with weak stomachs......»»
New study may solve the mystery of what daylight does to the brain
Scientists say that the seasonal changes in daylight—longer days in summer and shorter days in winter—have long had an effect on human behavior. However, they’ve never really understood why or how. Now, a group of researchers has published a st.....»»
To Understand Brain Disorders, Consider the Astrocyte
Neurons get a lot of attention—but researchers think this star-shaped brain cell type could hold the key to treating some disorders......»»
Your Body Has a Clever Way to Detect How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day
One brain region combines signals from your mouth, gut and blood.....»»
Wordle today: Here"s the answer, hints for September 15
It's time to get your brain in gear, because the new daily Wordle puzzle has just been released — and we have some tips and hints to help you solve it.Those who prefer to jump straight to the answer can scroll right to the bottom of this articl.....»»
Netflix"s "A Trip to Infinity" trailer will make your brain hurt
Struggling to get your head around the concept of infinity, and something actually going on forever?Well Netflix has rounded up a bunch of particle physicists, cosmologists, and mathematicians to try and help explain it to you.In the trailer above fo.....»»
Secrets of the Mind
How the flesh and blood of the brain is able to formulate a self-aware mind remains a mystery. One new area of neuroscience is shedding light on how brain regions interact to give rise to who we are, and in this eBook we explore the latest studies in.....»»
It"s Time to Fight Light Pollution
Learn about Viking women, doughnuts in the brain, nuclear weapons, and more in the October issue of Scientific American.....»»
Paleontologists reveal new data on the evolution of the hominid cranium
A new research conducted by two paleontologists at the University of Malaga has just revealed that human evolution uniquely combines an increase in brain size with the acquisition of an increasingly juvenile cranial shape......»»
How an extra-clock ultradian brain oscillator sustains circadian timekeeping
On September 2, Luo Dong-Gen and his research team from Peking University's School of Life Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Center for Quantitative Biology, and Center for Life Sciences jointly published a research paper titled "An ex.....»»
A fungus that shrinks in size to better infect the brain
A fungus that is a common cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable transformation once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain, according to new research by scientists at University of Utah Health. Studies in mice show that as th.....»»