Latest human brains News

Can Picking Personal Lotto Lines Change Odds Of Winning?
How you map numbers in your mind isn’t universal, even among people who read the same language
Researchers connect the dots between cause-effect events in Alzheimer’s disease
Is AI hurting your ability to think? How to reclaim your brain
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories – experience can shape even extraordinary beliefs
Scientists map how the brain develops – and how it resolves inflammation
Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests
Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain
Human brains hear best in a ‘Goldilocks’ zone of echoes: new study
Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss
Placebo pain relief works differently across human body, study finds
Plastics: all around us and inside us
Alzheimer’s disease: lithium may help slow cognitive decline – new research in mice
Psychedelic drug DMT and near death experiences have long been linked – my study is the first to explore the connection in depth
PolyU-led research reveals that sensory and motor inputs help large language models represent complex concepts
Animal brains are a treasure trove of innovation
Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out
Cell Atlas Of Human Hypothalamus
New insights into aging microglia and their link to neurological disorders
New study reveals link between head injuries and viruses in Alzheimer’s Disease
Can Lab-Grown Neurons Exhibit Plasticity?
Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future
Study maps missing piece of brain evolution  
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits
Do we have more empathy for people who are similar to us? New research suggests it’s not that simple
The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one?
Peak environment group blasts taxpayer-funded extension of coal plant
Grizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals
Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Elon Musk’s brain implant company offers an intriguing glimpse of an internet connecting human minds
Evolution wired human brains to act like supercomputers
Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains
Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?
New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having ‘good’ parents
This strange donkey orchid uses UV light to trick bees into thinking it has food
Human and Neanderthal brains have a surprising ‘youthful’ quality in common, new research finds
Unfolding mysteries of brain
Rare Electrical Recordings of Human Brain Give Detailed Picture of Neural Activity
Hemispheres are not equal
3D imaging helps to better understand early stages of Alzheimer’s disease
When in doubt never fear, AI is here
Viral role in Alzheimer’s Disease discovered
Key advance in brain research