One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

Language is more strongly controlled by the left half of the brain, while other functions are more strongly controlled by the ...

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

It not only shapes our perception but also influences how we design objects, architecture, and navigate our environments. Facial pareidolia falls under the broader category of apophenia, the tendency ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...

This correspondence between brain state and brain responsiveness (statedependent responses) is outlined at different scales from the cellular and circuit level, to the mesoscale and macroscale level.

Parents sometimes might wonder how to help their kids stay sharp and focused, especially with the increasing demands of school and extracurricular activities. Yoga can be a great way to boost brain ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...

This functional MRI study critically tests the hypothesis that poor face recognition in developmental prosopagnosia in humans is driven by reduced spatial integration and smaller receptive fields in ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...