An EEG (electroencephalogram) is a painless test that uses small sensors placed on the scalp to measure the brain's ...

What happens to the human brain and body after death has remained a long-standing question. It’s intriguing to think about ...

One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

The cover of the new book "Whole-brain modeling. Cartography of the dynamics of mind" poses the central question of what ...

A study introduces a scalable 2D human neuron platform to probe how brain-like rhythms emerge and how specific drugs reshape them, aiding epilepsy and autism research.

Research on conditions like autism, schizophrenia and even brain cancer increasingly relies on clusters of human cells called brain organoids. These pea-size bits of neural tissue model aspects of ...

Plastic pollution is no longer an issue affecting only oceans, soil, or the air. A recent scientific study found ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

Trent Loos explores energy use, economic impact and research comparing the human brain to modern supercomputers.