Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration, which includes researchers from the University of Toronto, recently ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Humans possess unique self-awareness, experiencing emotions and consciousness that science struggles to fully understand, ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...

(That's about 65 in human years.) They specifically zoomed in on gene activity in cells of the hippocampus, a key memory ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years ...

When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists ...

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