More than 100,000 curious visitors each year flock to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, which dates back to 1849. It was ...

An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

A groundbreaking study shows that the human hippocampus continues producing new neurons well into late adulthood.

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Brain–computer interfaces being trialled in China offer some advantages over Neuralink and other leading US devices.

New neurons in your brain? A landmark study from Karolinska Institutet finds adults keep forming brain cells into the old age ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

A government school science teacher in Telangana’s Vikarabad district has been suspended after allegedly bringing a cow’s ...

Placenta influenced human brain evolution By combining all these pieces, the researchers argue that stronger placental function and elevated prenatal hormone levels together expanded brain size and ...

In 1979, psychologist James Gibson coined the term affordances, describing how objects invite action. The new Amsterdam work places that idea squarely in the living human brain. Participants lay in a ...

More information: The placental steroid hypothesis of human brain evolution, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (2025). DOI: 10.1002/evan.70003 ...