The physical differences between men and women are all too obvious, but the biological divide goes right down to the cellular ...

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra University and the Montreal ...

A fun GK quiz exploring strange human experiences like déjà vu, sleep paralysis, and brain glitches, explaining how science ...

Scientists mapped human brain development in Down syndrome at a cellular level, discovering that stem cells "rush" to become ...

By growing cells in a lab, Steven Sloan, new group leader at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, has uncovered a new function in the brain’s support cells (astrocytes). “These findings give us ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

New research suggests that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may come from a brain glitch that confuses inner thoughts for external voices. Normally, the brain predicts the sound of its own ...