Researchers at Algoma University in Ontario studied the human brain and found that they actually glow a little bit. When the ...

How do the circuits of the human brain work—and what happens when they are disrupted? To investigate these questions, ...

A new study has pinpointed how the APOE4 gene variant sabotages the brain’s energy balance, blocking neurons from burning fat ...

A new study published in the journal Intelligence has revealed that the human brain continues to develop far beyond early ...

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

Learning to code doesn’t require new brain systems—it builds on the ones we already use for logic and reasoning.

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

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...

How do we recognize and interpret what others are doing—whether they're greeting a friend, preparing a meal together or doing ...

Where you live can shape your brain. A new study links neighborhood stress, safety, and air quality to changes in brain ...

A new study shows that feeding large language models low-quality, high-engagement content from social media lowers their ...