Neuroscience

A study that compares us with other primates finds a brain region linked to social behavior that may offer a biological explanation for why humans, not chimps, produced Shakespeare, Gandhi and Einstein

Researchers are finally figuring out the purpose behind some genome sequences that are nearly identical across vertebrates

Neurons in the hippocampi of rats and bats fire in response to their fellow animals’ movements

Proteins that researchers think are key to long-term memory formation also move genetic material between cells in both mice and flies

Neuroscientists have started to identify thinking processes and brain regions involved with creativity

Drugs that disrupt production of toxic proteins in the brain could work for various degenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s 

Neurobiologist who advocated for gender equality in science 

Fruit bats raised hearing different pitches of sounds vocalized in keeping with their aural environment as they matured.

"Neural dust," thought-powered typing and mini-brains generate academic and corporate interest

Neuroscientists are taking cues from cryptography to translate brain activity into movements

SuperAgers report strong social relationships

An article in The New York Times revealed a recent secret Pentagon program to investigate UFOs. But science suggests they are best explained by optical illusions such as "solar mirages" and the elusive phenomena known as "green flashes"