Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something ...

Recently, researchers reported finding a plastic spoon’s volume of microplastics in human brain tissue. Instinct says that ...

Living organisms emit light due to biochemical reactions. This phenomenon raises the question of whether the electromagnetic ...

Fingertip tactile neurons collectively encode the skin's viscoelastic state alongside current touch, potentially enabling the brain to better interpret forces during manipulation.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow just achieved what many thought impossible: transmitting light completely through an adult human head from one temple to the other.

Scientists warn microplastics in the brain may be tied to mental health issues and call for urgent dietary and medical ...

The legal action follows a 2024 French study that found that the use of medroxyprogesterone renders a woman five times more ...

Neurospirituality crosses multiple disciplines to study how and why the human brain has a sense of the divine. Evidence is ...

For decades, scientists have used near-infrared light to study the brain in a noninvasive way. This optical technique, known ...

Using cutting-edge RNA sequencing, researchers mapped how exercise affects specific brain cell types in a model of Alzheimer’s disease.

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if ...

As he embarks on a nationwide tour to talk about insights he has gained over the past decade of hosting "Hidden Brain," Vedantam talked with WUSF's Kerry Sheridan about what he has learned and how ...