There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

“We can’t actually build brains,” University of Sussex mathematical physics professor Thomas Nowotny told New Scientist.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Anthony Leonardo is a neuroscientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research facility who has created an environment to track dragonflies’ neuron transmissions. This research will enable him to ...

In a July 2018 MIT News article, “ Charting the Cerebellum, ” first author Xavier Guell of MIT's McGovern Institute of Brain Research, describes his team’s state-of-the-art mapping of motor and ...

The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...