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Growth Cocktail Helps Restore Spinal Connections in the Most Severe Injuries

Repairing damaged nerves in a rodent study marks a crucial first step toward bringing back lost movement

Are Humans the Only Conscious Animal?

Decoding the puzzle of human consciousness

A 40-Year Quest Uncovers Hearing’s “Holy Grail” Protein

A new discovery shows how sound waves become brain waves—it may help find new therapies for the deaf

Why Is Glioblastoma, the Cancer That Killed John McCain, So Deadly?

Most people diagnosed with the disease survive less than two years

Forget “Manned” Missions—Females May Be More Mentally Resilient in Deep Space

A controversial new study in lab mice hints at sex-based differences in cosmic ray–induced cognitive decline

A Molecular Reason Why Obese People Have Trouble Losing Weight

Fat desensitizes the brain to a hormone that diminishes appetite

How Can We Tell If a Comatose Patient Is Conscious?

Neurologist Steven Laureys looks for signs of consciousness in unresponsive patients

The Bat Man: Neuroscience on the Fly

How does the brain know where it is? Nachum Ulanovsky hopes his flying friends can help him find the answer

Sex, Drugs and Self-Control

It's not just about rebellion. Neuroscience is revealing adolescents' rich and nuanced relationship with risky behavior...

Life at the Improv: The Power of Imagination

Stephen Asma, professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, talks about his two latest books, The Evolution of Imagination and Why We Need Religion.

Parkinson’s Drugs Aimed at Rare Gene Mutation Show Promise for Other Sufferers, Too

Shutting down an overactive enzyme could become a general treatment, rather than one solely intended for the few who inherit a mutated Parkinson’s gene

When the Mind’s Eye Is Blind

Some people find it impossible to imagine a friend’s face or their own apartment—a phenomenon named aphantasia. Scientists are beginning to tease out the brain features underlying the condition...

Oh Say Can You See Subtle Details?

Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features.

Alzheimer's Study Sparks a New Round of Debate over the Amyloid Hypothesis

Does the data in a recent clinical trial support the idea that removing amyloid clumps can improve mental functioning?

A Gut—and Liver—Check to Get a Bead on Alzheimer’s

Areas outside the brain may play a role in a chain reaction related to dementia, but the path from gut to head remains elusive

Brain Gain: A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant--and No One Knows Why

Some people suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous interest or training. Is it possible innate genius lies dormant within everyone?

Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much?

The injury is too shallow to impair pain signals

The Seventh Sense

Long thought to be divorced from the brain, the immune system turns out to be intimately involved in its functioning

A Sense of Discovery: How the Immune System Works with the Brain

Smaller Plates Don't Make Meals Look Bigger When You're Hungry

The Delboeuf illusion won’t help you trick yourself into eating smaller portions when you feel hungry