A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

From the plains of the Pleistocene to the age of smartphones, the human brain has evolved but never forgotten its roots. Many of our instincts and quirks are echoes of our ancestors.

The "Discoverative" Ecosystem: Leveraging his decades of experience and research insights, Mr. Chen is now building a closed-loop ecosystem based on his philosophy of "Discoverative Intelligence" ...

Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...

The ideas presented in George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan's The Neural Mind are fascinating, but the writing is far less ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...

A patch of scorched earth in eastern England is forcing scientists to rethink one of the most important turning points in ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

Ethan was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma (DMG), a cancer that is a death sentence for the vast majority of people who get it. DMG refers to cancerous tumors that grow on the thalamus, brainstem ...

Organoid Intelligence (OI) represents a groundbreaking convergence of biology and technology, aiming to redefine biocomputing using brain organoids—three-dimensional neural structures derived from ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

One strange phenomenon that’s gaining doctors’ attention is the way in which organ transplants can change your personality. A ...