Can zapping your neck help you quickly learn a foreign language?
A new project at DARPA aims to improve people’s ability to learn new things by stimulating nerves in the neck or behind the ear.
Why did humans evolve big brains? We don’t know, but math can help
Evolutionary biologists can use this new equation to test their ideas for how the human brain got so big.
Scientists double number of known areas in brain’s outer shell
The map of the human brain just got an upgrade that’s been more than a century in the making.
A new atlas maps word meanings in the brain
It’s like Google Maps for your cerebral cortex: A new interactive atlas purports to show which bits of your brain help you understand which types of concepts.
Enthusiasts of nootropics -- brain-enhancing supplements -- want to achieve better versions of themselves, but are the compounds safe?…
Neuroscientists find speedometers in the brain using a "Flintstone-like" car.
A team of researchers successfully changed the gender in the brains of newborn rats from female to male, according to findings published this week in Nature Neuroscience.
What if you could trick your brain into thinking you weren't thirsty in the first place without ingesting a single drop of water, or make yourself believe you are thirsty when you are not?…
