An adult specimen of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi seen from above. In the center of the image, it is possible to ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories.

An international team led by the ITACA Institute at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has developed one of the ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry provides evidence that experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood is ...

Your brain may contain a hidden network of vessels that helps it dispose of metabolic waste. If confirmed to be true in future studies, the discovery could transform our understanding of the brain and ...

Fossils usually leave us with bones turned to stone, the hard remains of creatures long gone. But every so often, nature offers something far rarer — a glimpse of soft tissue that survived for ...

Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the population, a study has revealed, helping shed new light on one corner of the "dark personality" triad. Diagnosis with psychopathy is ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

People whose brain age is older than their actual chronological age by 10 years may have a 39% higher future risk of dementia ...

R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term ...