The brain doesn't merely register time—it structures it, according to new research from the Kavli Institute for Systems ...

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

How We Build a Better Future is a rare thing: a serious book on public policy that has also launched a movement. In the US, ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

A study claimed that people who eat high-fat, low-carb diets weren’t seeing their arteries fill up with plaque, despite having high levels of blood cholesterol. Critics disagreed—and all hell broke ...

The U.S. DOGE Service’s push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear. At the National Institutes of Health, six directors ...

The ability to quickly recognize sounds, particularly the vocalizations made by other animals, is known to contribute to the survival of a wide range of species. This ability is supported by a process ...

About 5,000 to 10,000 people in the U.S. live with acquired hypothalamic obesity, or obesity that stems from damage to the part of the brain that controls hunger and weight regulation.

Gavin Nielsen was 2 years old when he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain cancer. The smiley toddler had diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a cancer that occurs in the part of ...

Because brain tumors can affect areas of the brain that control your motor skills, speech, hearing, balance, or memory, after treatment you might need rehabilitation as part of your recovery process.