New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

At school in the early aughts, Harry Trevaldwyn would pen short stories with the aim to disturb. “I wanted my teachers to ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

The first and most obvious is walking and taking the stairs. “The legs carry the biggest muscle groups of our body, those are calorie burners so the stronger your legs are the more calories you’re ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Our perception of reality isn't as objective as we think. Shaped by past experiences, emotions, trauma, and even the heart, perception can be refined to see more clearly.

Apes don’t just act on instinct—they recognize when someone lacks information and actively help them out! In a controlled ...

A masked psychopath who only strikes on Valentine’s Day mistakes a cynical ad exec and her hopelessly romantic colleague as a killable couple in this highly entertaining genre mashup. Though ...

THIS is the fun bot-based brain teaser to test your eyesight and logic skills. Everyone can see the three people lined up, but only those with 20/20 vision and a high IQ can figure out which one ...

Of course, for the target audience of Heart Eyes, that’s exactly what they are. They relish the gruesome deaths, the more graphic the better, the way audiences used to relish spectacular ...