Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury. And a new study in Science shows meat has never been the main fuel source ...

Fruit, honey and other naturally sweet foods may have helped fuel the evolution of the human brain, according to new research from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow.

Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, many of the molecular mechanisms that drive its progression remain poorly understood. While researchers have cataloged changes in gene ...

The biologist’s bold “energetic view of life” looks to the body’s strangest organelles as the link between cells, health, and mind and the foundation of our experience of being alive. It was 9 a.m. on ...

A cutting-edge immunotherapy could help kids fight — and even banish — brain tumors, the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children. The new treatment falls under a category called T-cell ...

Researchers have found that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes help decide whether a long-term memory survives, rather than simply supporting the neurons that store it. In mice, removing a ...

Researchers have discovered that a microscopic skeleton inside neurons does much more than hold cells together. It acts as a gatekeeper that controls what brain cells absorb and when they absorb it.

Four children with traditionally incurable brain cancers are still alive years after receiving an experimental immune-boosting cell therapy in a clinical trial. Three of them even display no evidence ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects millions of people worldwide every year and remains a major cause of long-term disability, cognitive decline, and neurological complications. Although neurons have ...

What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view was that the secret of human intelligence lay mainly in scale: the sheer ...

Researchers have been surprised by the study findings. By Dana G. Smith In theory, taking an omega-3, or fish oil, supplement makes a lot of sense. Omega-3 fatty acids are vital for brain health: They ...