Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of America’s economic advantages.

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

A new computing system modeled after the architecture of the human brain has been activated at Sandia National Laboratories in the US state of New Mexico.

By that logic, the 21st-century human brain should be larger than the brain of centuries and millennia gone by. Emerging research suggests, however, that our brains have actually shrunk over the last ...

In a nutshell Older adults who sat longer each day showed faster brain shrinkage, even if they exercised regularly. Sitting time was linked to worse memory and cognitive performance, especially in ...

Are you reading this while lounging on your couch? You might want to stand up. New research shows that too much sitting could damage your brain, regardless of your exercise habits.

Scientists all across the globe continue to attempt to understand the workings of the human brain, but a new study has delved into a potential cause of shrinking. Now, before you start getting alarmed ...

A recent study led by Google AI researchers shows that modern LLMs are very similar to the human brain in the way they process conversations.

A 2022 study of more than 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans found drinking four units of alcohol a day – two beers, or two glasses of wine – can cause structural damage and brain volume loss ...