Every clonal raider ant lives a nearly identical life. Each new generation of these blind, queenless ants is born at the same ...

How do wounded soldiers power through to achieve feats of heroism? Understanding how the brain works is a key to avoid losing ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models.

An international team of researchers has discovered a half-billion-year-old fossil with its internal organs still intact.

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

NextBrain released an open-to-the-public brain atlas that outperforms previous models in terms of resolution and ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a ...

Normal aging is characterized by deficits in the cognitive domains of learning, memory and executive function. Specifically, there are age-related changes in recall of information, speed of processing ...

Normal aging is characterized by deficits in the cognitive domains of learning, memory and executive function. Specifically, there are age-related changes in recall of information, speed of processing ...

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible ...

As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These ...

MIT researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t just send generic control signals—it tailors its messages to different brain regions based on arousal and movement.