Axo-Axonic Synapses Drive Split-Second Fly Escape Reflexes
Summary: A new study has unveiled the first comprehensive neural blueprint explaining how fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) execute…
Sleep Duration Linked to Accelerated Aging
Summary: A comprehensive analysis of biological clocks across the human body reveals that both insufficient and excessive sleep…
Brain-Stimulating Contact Lenses Match Prozac in Depression Study
Summary: Materials scientists have developed a “wearable, drug-free” contact lens capable of treating depression by delivering mild electrical…
Brain controlled hearing technology helps people isolate voices in crowds
Scientists at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute have the first direct evidence from human studies that brain-controlled hearing technology…
Why Some Brains Switch Gears Faster Than Others
Scientists have discovered that the brain relies on hidden timing systems to combine fast reactions with slower forms…
Beyond the Gym: Why Your Brain Craves Creatine
Summary: Creatine is far more than a “gym supplement”; it is a naturally occurring compound essential for cellular…
Brain-First Hypothesis: Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion
Summary: The “Cambrian Explosion”, the period roughly 500 million years ago when animal life rapidly diversified, may not…
Discovery Redefines the Architecture of Thought
Summary: The assumption that the brain processes information like a one-way conveyor belt, moving from sensory input at…
Harvard Scientists Reveal Secret Structure Behind How You Smell
A microscope photo of a cross-section of a mouse nose. The mouse was genetically modified to express green…
Richard Dawkins is asking the wrong question about AI
Richard Dawkins, the well-known evolutionary biologist, atheist and author, wrote an article the other day in which he…
Researchers Discover Boosting a Single Protein Helps the Brain Fight Alzheimer’s
Scientists have discovered a way to activate a built-in brain cleanup system that may help counter Alzheimer’s disease.…
Harvard researchers discover how the human nose decodes smells
For decades, smell stood apart from the other senses. Scientists could point to orderly maps in the eye,…