The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...

Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay.

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Researchers at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim, together with international partners, have ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western ...

Stanford scientists have solved a long-standing challenge in growing brain organoids by using a simple food additive to keep ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the AI revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this ...

The Braingeneers team will to test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time Artificial intelligence (AI) ...

In the new study, researchers demonstrated that the human brain falls asleep abruptly, rather than gradually, with a "tipping point" marking the transition from wakefulness into sleep. They were then ...