We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...
While past research has hinted at an overlap in relevant brain regions, the new work drills down to the cellular level. The ...
What starts as a search for abandoned fish quickly turns into something far more unusual. As they explore the pond, they pull ...
Europa looks like a frozen, lifeless moon — but beneath its shattered ice, scientists think there may be a vast saltwater ...
Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that clusters of brain tissue derived from the cells of patients ...
New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on ...
If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...
Scientists are still trying to understand why our Neanderthal DNA hasn't all been eliminated by natural selection.
Researchers in Germany have developed a technique to vitrify mouse brain tissue and then thaw it out, all without significant ...
A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image. OK, if ...
A single week of meditation can trigger a systemic overhaul of the brain’s internal chemistry—and researchers are starting to understand how it happens. After tracking participants through an ...
The development of the human brain, with its extraordinary range of cognitive abilities, is an awe-inspiring feat of evolution. Each of its tens of billions of cells must be born at precisely the ...