Mar 10 Why did humans evolve big brains? We don’t know, but math can help By Kristin Hugo Evolutionary biologists can use this new equation to test their ideas for how the human brain got so big. Continue reading
Jul 21 Scientists double number of known areas in brain’s outer shell By Megan Thielking, STAT The map of the human brain just got an upgrade that’s been more than a century in the making. Continue reading
Apr 28 A new atlas maps word meanings in the brain By Eric Boodman, STAT 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. Continue reading
Feb 19 Seeking an edge, these brain hackers mix up risky chemical cocktails for breakfast By John M. Glionna, STAT Enthusiasts of nootropics -- brain-enhancing supplements -- want to achieve better versions of themselves, but are the compounds safe?… Continue reading
Jul 15 Scientists discover brain cells that specialize in speed By Catherine Woods Neuroscientists find speedometers in the brain using a "Flintstone-like" car. Continue reading
Apr 04 Brain ‘gender’ more flexible than once believed, study finds By Carey Reed 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. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:31 How brain stimulation helped Miles O’Brien land a helicopter By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 26 Triggering thirst with the flip of a switch By Justin Scuiletti 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?… Continue reading
Jan 15 How science sprung from the depths of the disposable baby diaper By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Microscopes can see cells at a nanometer resolution, but they're still limited. Then one day MIT scientists had an idea: what if they made the samples themselves bigger? It turns out the answer was inside disposable diapers. Continue reading
Oct 06 Pinpointing brain’s inner GPS leads to Nobel Prize in medicine win By Justin Scuiletti The research, started by scientist John O'Keefe in 1971 and continued by the husband-and-wife team of May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser more than 30 years later in 2005, aimed to explore the mechanics of how humans were able to… Continue reading