Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Dignum’s message is an empowering one: Humans have a monopoly on true intelligence. AI is simply another tool, like an ...

Monitoring a brainless sea star may seem like a curious way to go about studying robotics. But the marine invertebrate’s ...

Now, researchers say they’ve uncovered something that was hiding in plain sight: Part of the drug’s power over blood sugar comes from the brain. A team at Baylor College of Medicine has identified a ...

Prominent UH neuroscientist Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal is shining light on the importance of sunshine and nature. You probably heard it from your mom a thousand times — fresh air and sunshine; it’s the ...

There’s something a little bit magical about anesthesia. One minute you’re there, the next you’re not—and as you go under, you might entertain the nurses with some bizarre chit-chat you’ll be ...

Floating in a warm, nutritious bath, the slices of mouse brain buzzed with electrical activity. Researchers gave them a few zaps, and parts of the hippocampus strengthened their wiring. This type of ...

Delaware has many unique titles such as First State, Nation's Summer Capital or Small Wonder. You can add a new one that's a little more special than the rest. According to a recent study Delaware is ...

Eating a diet rich in leafy greens, berries, and fish may help keep the brain younger for longer, with this eating pattern linked to slower shrinkage in key brain areas tied to memory and thinking, ...

Eating a combination of two award-winning diets slowed aging in key structures inside the brain by over two years, according to a new study. While all three diets are plant-based and quite similar, ...

Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance because it is produced by biological synthesis. But that might not be the ...