Meng Wang got hooked on aging research during her postdoc days at Harvard and Mass General. Like many of us, she noticed how ...

Social media and mobile phones are major disruptors of face-to-face conversations. Recent research has conclusively ...

Exercise helps boost brain health, one study shows. Here, researchers and experts explain the findings, plus share the ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...

Monarch butterflies may hold the key to one of biology's biggest unsolved puzzles: how animals tap into Earth's magnetic ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers or fading signals. The advance makes it possible to watch individual brain ...

Bilal Haider receives funding from NIH and the Simons Foundation. Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped ...

There are several nutrients that vegan and vegetarian kids can miss out on without careful planning, a review of the evidence finds. Reading time 2 minutes Is your child thinking about becoming a ...

My boss has two kids in elementary school, and there’s a contest in his youngest child’s class over who can sell the most holiday wrapping paper to raise money for a major field trip. This wouldn’t be ...