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Elon Musk alleges Neuralink completed its first human trial implant

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now

Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now

An ambulance speeding through traffic at nighttime

Scientists are developing a handheld eye-scanner for detecting traumatic brain injury

Test subject tilting in spatial disorientation machine

These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’

A clock-like brain indicates its role in sleep in an illustration.

Your brain’s ‘master switchboard’ is an underappreciated marvel

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Patient wearing a highly integrated bionic hand in between many others

Titanium-fused bone tissue connects this bionic hand directly to a patient’s nerves

Elon Musk in suit

Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts

Elon Musk sitting with finger tips touching in steeple shape

Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects

Blurry photo of Pink Floyd playing a concert

Scientists made a Pink Floyd cover from brain scans

Patient with brain microchip implants atop head

First-of-its-kind AI brain implant surgery helped a man regain feeling in his hand

A car passenger appears to feel nauseous with her hand to her mouth.

What causes motion sickness—and how to avoid it

Psychedelics and anesthetics cause unexpected chemical reactions in the brain

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Two ants facing one another. Ants release a pheromone that helps other ants sense danger.

Ants brains are surprisingly good at communicating danger to others

By Laura Baisas

The science behind being hangry

The science behind being hangry

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

Elon Musk in meeting wearing suit

Neuralink human brain-computer implant trials finally get FDA approval

Asian person with mid-length gray hair rubbing temples because of chronic pain

Doctors recorded brainwaves to finally ‘see’ their patients’ chronic pain

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Man prepping person for fMRI scan.

This AI-powered brain scanner can paraphrase your thoughts

Chinese and English nametags hung up in an elementary school classroom

Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently

By Jamie Helmick

Ping Pong player wearing electrode cap playing against robot ball server

Human brains have to work overtime to beat robots at Ping-Pong

Lab mouse on table in front of lab flasks and beakers in blue lighting

What video game-playing mice taught neuroscientists about memory-making

An experimental AI used human brain waves to regenerate images

An experimental AI used human brain waves to regenerate images

Neuralink’s request for human trials of brain implants was reportedly rejected by the FDA

Neuralink’s request for human trials of brain implants was reportedly rejected by the FDA

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

By Nancy S. Jecker and Andrew Ko / The Conversation

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Nine patients with paralysis walking again with aides in various environments after electrode therapy. Black and white.

The slow, but promising progress of electrode therapy for paralysis

Man with neural implant sitting in front of computer screen with text displayed

New implant helps patient spell out entire sentences using only brain signals

a man picks his nose

There’s no proof picking your nose causes Alzheimer’s

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

brain cells on a multi-electrode array

What Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI

By Charlotte Hu

Orange male betta fish surrounded by eggs in a greenery-filled aquarium

Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

a black and white ghostly image of a jumping spider hanging by a thin silk strand in a sleep-like state

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

A woman expressing shock and brain tingling under sound waves of the Shepard Tone in red and pink

Why this cinematic sound trick makes your brain tingle and your skin crawl

By Alison Nastasi

White shepherd or collie dog with tongue hanging out in front of blue background ad swirling dog memories

Do cats and dogs remember their past?

By Brandon Keim

Pileated woodpecker with a red cap and black and white face pecking on wood in nine high speed video frames

Why woodpeckers actually don’t need shock-absorbing skulls to headbang

By Kate Baggaley

Colorful mantis shrimp with giant eyes that have color vision on black background

Do animals feel pain? Science author Ed Yong says that’s the wrong question.

By Philip Kiefer

Octopus bimaculoides in tank.

Octopus mothers often ‘self destruct.’ We might be closer to knowing why.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Black bride and white groom in the back seat of a wedding car holding hands and looking in love

The ‘Love Machine’ really exists. Here’s what it’s taught us about our romantic choices.

By Stephanie Cacioppo

Incense burning with ancient smells in front of a Buddhist temple

Can ancient smells help us time travel through human history?

New York city street grid vs. London street grid in thin colorful lines on black

A popular mobile game is teaching scientists how we navigate our worlds

Our brains may remain active before, and in the moments after, death.

What the recording of a dying human brain could tell us

$Man in blue shirt writing math onto a black chalk board.$

Your brain uses different neurons to add and subtract

By Maggie Galloway

Black body builder in a Superman tank yelling as they pull arm weights to keep their New Year's resolution to stay fit

How to trick your brain into keeping a New Year’s resolution

By Sara Chodosh

typing on computer

Here’s why your brain won’t let you remember new passwords

By Margo Milanowski

Red, yellow, and black cartoon character depicting overeating during the holidays and specifically Thanksgiving

The extreme consequences of stuffing yourselves during the holidays

By Christina Agapakis

Person with long hair theatrically gasping from a jump scare in a haunted house or horror movie

Why do we keep falling for jump scares?

By Ellen Airhart

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

Rainbow over a grassy meadow

How are rainbows formed? With simple atmospheric science.

By Julissa Treviño

Exercise, brainwaves, light, headaches, and more affect sleep

5 reasons you can’t sleep

By Eleanor Cummins

We have now seen our sense of smell in action

We have now seen our sense of smell in action

By Philip Kiefer

man taking basketball shot

Muscle memory is real, but it’s probably not what you think

By Sara Chodosh

A doctor looks at images of a brain as he performs surgery.

A new AI-powered brain implant allowed a paralyzed man to speak again

Ask Us Anything: What happens in your brain when you daydream?

Ask Us Anything

Ask Us Anything: What happens in your brain when you daydream?

By Claire Maldarelli, Jessica Boddy

a person texting

Heavy media multitasking might make you more forgetful

older adult men playing chess together

Everyone should have a social life, especially older adults

dancing illustration

Why some people are bad at dancing

By Rachel Nuwer

old photographs

You can’t completely trust your memories

By David Linden

Astrocytes in the brain expressing a fluorescent calcium indicator captured with a two-photon microscope.

Why do brains need sleep? These ‘twinkling’ star-shaped cells may help us find out

By Rachael Zisk

Baseballs sitting in a grassy field.

Hitting a baseball is the hardest skill to pull off in sports. Here’s why.

By Eric Rynston-Lobel

head trip illusion

This image wiggles when you scroll—or does it?

By Sara Kiley Watson

When numbers look more like a kid's refrigerator drawing ...

Solving the medical mystery of a brain that sees numbers as spaghetti

A father and son standing on the balcony

Your kids aren’t growing up too quickly, but your brain sure thinks they are

By Keith Payne/The Conversation

These two red dots are actually identical. Here’s how

These two red dots are actually identical. Here’s how

By Claire Maldarelli

Louis Armstrong playing a trumpet

Time isn’t real. Here’s how people capitalized on that.

By Ainissa Ramirez