Neuroscience

The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach.

White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada.

Different mammals demonstrate common patterns in brain connections. But our own species has a few twists of its own

Your sense of smell may be a better memory trigger than your sense of sight. Here's why a whiff of apple pie may instantly transport you home in your mind

I wore a fancy set of headphones during every workout for two weeks to see if it could help me improve my cycling. And it worked (I think) through a concept called neuropriming

Journalist and author Florence Williams talks about her book The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative.

Is mindfulness helpful for women and their partners during childbirth? We talked with neuroscientist Emiliana Simon-Thomas from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center about the transformative practice of mindful body scan meditation

If such a snooze button exists in humans, it could protect against strokes, heart attacks and trauma

The illusion game is still afoot

The more people enjoy music, the more similar their brain activity is to that of the musician

A close brush can leave a lasting mental legacy—and may tell us about how the mind functions under extreme conditions

Stanford University neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky talks about human behavior, the penal system and the question of free will.