Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the ...

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An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making ...

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing ...

Getting older is inevitable — but illness doesn’t have to be. Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool that can measure how fast a person is aging and predict their future risk of chronic ...

Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this ...

The artificial intelligence systems that guide drones and self-driving cars rely on neural networks—trainable computing systems inspired by the human brain. But the digital computers they run on were ...