
Get the New Skinny on Dietary Fat
What is the new consensus on whether fat is good or bad for you?

Get the New Skinny on Dietary Fat
What is the new consensus on whether fat is good or bad for you?

Blood Test Tells How Long Concussion Symptoms Will Last
The Sunday after Thanksgiving last year proved tragic for family and friends of 22-year-old Kosta Karageorge. The defensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes was found dead that day after apparently shooting himself in the head.


Warped Brain Lobes Could Underlie Depression Symptoms
Wraparound occipital lobes found to be highly common in depression

Magnetic Stimulation May Halt Rumination in Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation could correct faulty connectivity

Depression Tweaks the Brain's Disappointment Circuit
An unusual chemical balancing act helps explain why people with depression attend more closely to negative information

Coffee and Tea May Protect the Brain
Daily drinkers have lower rates of depression and cognitive decline

Accidental Genius
A blow to the head can sometimes unmask hidden artistic or intellectual gifts. Might we all have hidden capacities that could be unleashed without brain injury?

Dyslexia Can Deliver Benefits
With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths

Does Pot Cause Your Brain to Rot?
The dangers of Mary Jane are greatest for those who inhale as teens

Bio Bigwigs Go after Drugs for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS
Lists of the biggest challenges in brain science often start—or end—with consciousness. “End” because consciousness is considered so overwhelming a hack that it merits coming last on the list—the ultimate challenge.

Autism Risk Linked to Particulate Air Pollution
Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of fine particulate pollution in late pregnancy have up to twice the risk of developing autism as children of mothers breathing cleaner air, scientists reported

Google's Top Searches of 2014
Americans looked to Google for information on Ebola, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the actor Robin Williams’s suicide this year—all of which ranked among the hottest search terms of 2014.