Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

Scientists have built a working simulation of an entire adult fruit fly brain and connected it to a physics-based virtual ...

Hundreds of local residents came to campus to explore brain puzzles, art projects and hands-on science experiments, all ...

Researchers found that very small numbers of gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice, particularly when gut barrier ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Dopamine – a brain chemical associated with reward – appears to prompt people to move faster when they want something, researchers recently reported in the journal Science Advances.

A team of researchers in Germany has frozen adult mouse brain tissue at cryogenic temperatures and, after thawing it, recorded electrical activity that closely resembled normal function. The work, ...

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

MIT neuroscientists have figured out how the brain is able to focus on a single voice among a cacophony of many voices, ...

Have you ever felt calmer almost as soon as you step into the woods? Or maybe noticed your busy mind soften as you look out ...

Brain scans show that time in nature quiets stress circuits, restores attention, and reduces rumination in measurable ways.

Long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos was associated with more than a 2.5-fold higher risk of Parkinson’s disease. The study combined hu ...