Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...

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Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

UCI’s $12M CIRM award for hNSC-01 marks a pivotal shift to clinical-stage development. See how this state-funded "bridge" is ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about memory.

When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain ...