Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday in the ...

The conversation on brain health has been growing in recent years, and 2024 was no exception. This year brought significant highlights, including increased investment in brain capital (also known as ...

All that time you spend online can harm your cognitive health and make it harder to pay attention, concentrate, and learn, experts say. “Brain rot” has been named Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year. Brain ...

Who is the Zoomer Wojak? This young Wojak represents a certain type of Gen Z individual. The term “Zoomer” emerged as a nickname for the generation in 2018, with the earliest entry in the Urban ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

Pregnancy overhauls a woman’s body. The brain is no exception. A detailed study of a woman’s brain before, during and after pregnancy revealed sweeping neural changes, some of which stuck around ...

Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk recently announced that a second human has received a Neuralink cybernetic implant. Musk, the founder of the brain-computer company, Neuralink Corp., spoke about ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists merged human brain-like tissue with a computer chip in ...

Elon Musk’s first human experiment with a computerized brain device developed significant flaws, but the subject, who is paralyzed, has few regrets. By Christina Jewett Just four months ago, Noland ...

Companies like Synchron, Paradromics, and Precision Neuroscience are also racing to develop brain implants This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter ...

Brian Bussard has 25 tiny chips in his brain. They were installed in February 2022 as part of a study testing a wireless device designed to produce rudimentary vision in blind people. Bussard is the ...