Our brain is the most powerful and complex organ in the human body. It regulates every task we perform—from thinking and emotions to movement and memory. Yet, in today’s fast-paced lifestyle, stress, ...

For Martin Schrimpf, the promise of artificial intelligence is not in the tasks it can accomplish. It’s in what AI might reveal about human intelligence. He is working to build a “digital twin” of the ...

Insomnia is a common problem that doesn’t always get taken seriously enough. But your tossing and turning could be linked to ...

Did you make any resolutions this new year? If you did, are you keeping to them? Well done if you are. Polling in America suggests half of new-year resolvers give up by the end of March. More rigorous ...

How does your brain wake up from sleep? A study of more than 1,000 arousals from slumber has revealed precisely how the brain bestirs itself during the transition to alertness 1 — a finding that might ...

Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick discuss how this mysterious phenomenon could let you rehearse life itself. What if you ...

How Your Brain Manages Cholesterol Could Increase Alzheimer’s Risk In breakthrough, UCSF study shows that cholesterol-hungry parts of the brain are more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s amyloid-beta plaques, ...

It’s challenging to stay mentally sharp and healthy through the major transition. Careful planning is key. By Mohana Ravindranath For the millions of Americans who retire each year, stopping work ...

Noninvasive brain tech is transforming how people interact with robotic devices. Instead of relying on muscle movement, this technology allows a person to control a robotic hand by simply thinking ...

A new brain implant now lets people control Apple devices, such as iPads, iPhones and the Vision Pro, using only their thoughts. Synchron, an endovascular brain-computer interface (BCI) company based ...

An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet every single year, according to the Boston Medical Center. And yet, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly three in ...

Oral contraceptives have been effectively preventing pregnancy for more than 65 years, but it has only been in the past 10 that scientists – many of them women – have started to seriously examine what ...