A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 ...

People spend about a third of their lives asleep. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how our brains control falling asleep and waking up. Now, researchers led by Prof. Henrik Bringmann at the ...

A groundbreaking study from Tokyo University of Agriculture reveals that cats can recognize their owners by scent, spending ...

The idea that people are strictly left-brained or right-brained personalities is a popular myth. Science shows the brain ...

A pioneering scientific breakthrough has made it possible to extract proteins from preserved soft tissues, including human ...

The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from ...

However, this trait is one of the most common signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) — the most common neurodegenerative ...

Understanding the neurological systems that produce the world inside your head can help you to harness its transformative ...

About 10.6 percent of people are left-handed, but what about animals? A new study looked at data from 172 animal species to ...

I can’t overstate how disappointed I am in my mother’s choices which are completely at odds with everything she’d claimed to be, up until a few years ago.” ...

The left and right sides of the brain control different functions, and your breath plays a role too. Breathing through each ...

He lived his life with wit and purpose and to his eternal credit he taught me, and many others the world over, to do the same. The first time we met, over ten years ago, my mind was instantly awakened ...