Researchers studying "super agers" — people over 80 whose brains still produce new neurons — found that the single habit they all shared wasn't about diet or exercise. It was something far more human, ...

Everyone's obsessed with Punch the monkey who was abandoned by his mum in Japan and given a monkey plush to keep him company.

Ever notice how one yawn can set off a chain reaction. It’s not about being tired but your brain is wired to copy what it sees, thanks to something called mirror neurons. In this video, we explore the ...

Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new neuromorphic hardware, systems that mirror the organization of neurons in the human brain. These systems could run ...

A study introduces a scalable 2D human neuron platform to probe how brain-like rhythms emerge and how specific drugs reshape them, aiding epilepsy and autism research.

Scientists have known for a while that Alzheimer’s disease involves the build-up of toxic proteins in the brain. Currently, medications available for Alzheimer’s patients clear out some of these ...

The world is going gaga over a seven-month-old Japanese macaque named Punch. This primate, who was abandoned by his mother, has spurred thousands of videos online, a surge in the sale of an IKEA toy, ...

I don't think I've ever laughed harder than during a church service, when something faintly ridiculous caught my eye. My friend saw it too, and once she started laughing, it became impossible to stop.

Demyelinating diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, present a substantial and ...

Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals. But it may last longer in women than in men, ...

The need to be alone after socializing isn't a personality flaw — it's a sophisticated act of identity reclamation, where you sort through borrowed emotions and find the version of yourself that got ...