Scientists have created an incredibly detailed 3D brain map that you can zoom into like you're looking at Google Maps.

A digital atlas of every cell in a developing marine worm reveals how networks across the body coordinate sensing and movement, and provides insights into the evolution of the nervous system.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Our brain’s memory center bears a sleek design. A peek into living tissue from human hippocampi, a brain region crucial for memory and learning, revealed relatively few cell-to-cell connections ...

Using a corkscrew, writing a letter with a pen or unlocking a door by turning a key are actions that seem simple but actually ...

Researchers at Caltech have calculated exactly how fast the human brain processes information — and the numbers are hilariously low.

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the most.