The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer ...

Unlike most animals, whose brains remain smooth, species like humans, dolphins, and pigs exhibit a wrinkled cortex. These ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and ...

This important study characterises the morphogenesis of cortical folding in the ferret and human cerebral cortex using complementary physical and computational modelling. Notably, these approaches are ...

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

At first glance, the human brain might appear to be a marvel of engineering—a seamless interface for sensory input, cognitive control, and motor output. But if you peer beneath its sophisticated ...

The development of humanoid robots and embodied intelligence is currently at a critical stage of transitioning from the laboratory to mass production, but progress in this field faces multiple ...

Usually, most of us can zip a zipper without incident. But sometimes, an unwary dresser makes an alignment error that goes undetected until the ends of a garment don ...