What Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI By Charlotte Hu / Oct 21, 2022
Why this cinematic sound trick makes your brain tingle and your skin crawl By Alison Nastasi / Aug 11, 2022
Why woodpeckers actually don’t need shock-absorbing skulls to headbang By Kate Baggaley / Jul 14, 2022
Do animals feel pain? Science author Ed Yong says that’s the wrong question. By Philip Kiefer / Jun 22, 2022
Octopus mothers often ‘self destruct.’ We might be closer to knowing why. By Sara Kiley Watson / May 19, 2022
The ‘Love Machine’ really exists. Here’s what it’s taught us about our romantic choices. By Stephanie Cacioppo / Apr 4, 2022
Fish brains provide insight on how humans store memories By Don Arnold / The Conversation / Jan 11, 2022
The extreme consequences of stuffing yourselves during the holidays By Christina Agapakis / Nov 19, 2021
Neuroscientists are mapping all 100 billion cells in the human brain By Yongsoo Kim/The Conversation / Nov 18, 2021
Ask Us Anything: What happens in your brain when you daydream? By Claire Maldarelli , Jessica Boddy / Apr 29, 2021
Americans reported hearing torturous sounds in Cuba—and now their brains seem changed By Nicole Wetsman / Jul 23, 2019
Hitting snooze confuses your brain more than waking up By Steven Bender/The Conversation / Jun 11, 2019
The weirdest thing we learned this week: werewolf tomatoes and overdosing on placebos with Wendy Zukerman By Rachel Feltman, Eleanor Cummins, Wendy Zukerman / Jun 5, 2019
New research links air pollution to increased risk of depression and bipolar disorder By Nicole Wetsman / Aug 20, 2019
Why we evolved to feel empathy during pandemics and other disasters By Peter Sterling/MIT Press Reader / Apr 29, 2020
These mice sing their little hearts out—and that’s good for neuroscience By Jessica Boddy / Feb 28, 2019
Tricking rats with augmented reality unlocked a secret about our own brains By Kat Eschner / Feb 14, 2019
Your kids aren’t growing up too quickly, but your brain sure thinks they are By Keith Payne/The Conversation / Jun 20, 2020