For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

A simple brain teaser is causing a stir online. The puzzle asks for the total number of people based on men, wives, and children. Different interpretations of the wording have led to varied answers.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Journal Editorial Report: A call to return to the ‘warrior ethos.’ In the 1938 book “Arms and the Covenant,” later published in the U.S. as "While England Slept,” Winston Churchill shared a collection ...

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Slices of mouse brain that were kept at -150°C for up to a week have shown near-normal electrical activity after being warmed up. The results could take us a step closer towards cooling and reviving ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday in the ...

Our brains divide the day into "chapters" to help us cope with day-to-day life, according to new research. The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant, for example, the brain ...

Mindset and expectations, not just the external environment, shape the 'table of contents' into which our brains organize the day. The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant -- to ...

The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant—to take just one example—the brain mentally starts a new “chapter” of the day, a change that causes a big shift in brain activity. Shifts ...

The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant - to take just one example - the brain mentally starts a new "chapter" of the day, a change that causes a big shift in brain activity.

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...