Is endurance all in your head? A new study reveals that VMH neurons in the brain direct the body to boost physical stamina.

Exercise is known to improve many aspects of cognitive function, and new research is finding that even a brief session can ...

Clumps of mouse brain cells about the size of peppercorns can gain the knowhow to perform a virtual circus trick. With some coaching, these mouse brain organoids learned to keep a pole upright on a ...

There’s something a little bit magical about anesthesia. One minute you’re there, the next you’re not—and as you go under, you might entertain the nurses with some bizarre chit-chat you’ll be ...

China has made history by becoming the first nation to approve a commercially available brain chip to treat a disability. NEO, the implant developed by Neuracle Medical Technology, translates the ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...

Eating a combination of two award-winning diets slowed aging in key structures inside the brain by over two years, according to a new study. While all three diets are plant-based and quite similar, ...

Relying on AI can make you more efficient up to a point, a new study found. It can then tax you emotionally, leaving you exhausted and overwhelmed. The author says this sort of "AI brain fry" can be ...

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If ever you needed a nudge to give your brain a workout, new research underscoring the benefits of “brain training” should offer fresh motivation. The two long-term studies add to a growing body of ...

In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink implant allowed a quadriplegic patient to play RuneScape and Slay the Spire in his brain. But now, scientists are taking things further, training lab-grown brain cells ...

Rodney Gorham recently passed a milestone that few people have reached. He’s had a brain-computer interface implanted for five years. Made by startup Synchron, the experimental implant allows him to ...