The dominant theory in neuroscience has been that the sensory processing circuits in our brain are finalized in early childhood and fixed afterward. A recently published study, however, overturned ...

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

It is always fascinating, and sometimes exhausting, when a debate or spirited discussion reaches the point where opinion, personal experience, or perception quietly crosses an invisible line and ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

Certain friendship red flags are universally understood. Most of us can quickly point to the flaky one, the perpetually late one, or the one-upper in our lives. Now there’s a new type of red flag ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the processing of sensory information, the encoding of memories, attention ...

William Nylander has missed 11 of the last 15 Maple Leafs games with injury. Justin Berl / Getty Images TORONTO — After flipping Leafs Nation the bird, William Nylander says he’s sorry for his moment ...

A person has been federally charged after court documents said they bit the tip of a Customs and Border Protection officer's finger off in Minneapolis on Saturday. Federal agents were asked to create ...

Chaos erupted in Minneapolis Saturday after hundreds of protesters faced off against federal agents in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed man who allegedly tried to intervene in the arrest of ...

Donald Trump spoke Tuesday during a televised White House press conference. During his speech, Trump nearly shut his finger in a simple binder clip holding together a "book on accomplishments." "I ...