In 1619, a loud sound and a bright flash of light woke philosopher René Descartes from a dream. Was it divine revelation – or exploding head syndrome?

Clumps of mouse brain cells about the size of peppercorns can gain the knowhow to perform a virtual circus trick. With some coaching, these mouse brain organoids learned to keep a pole upright on a ...

Scientists have created the first atlas of specific key patterns of brain ‘chatter’ and determined how these patterns change over the entire human lifespan 1. The comprehensive guide draws on brain ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It might sound like something out of a piece of gothic sci-fi, but researchers have managed to turn a living brain ...

A gerontologist wanted his preserved brain to be reanimated. Cryopreservation is more likely to be used on organs for transplantation. L. Stephen Coles’s brain sits cushioned in a vat at a storage ...

There’s something a little bit magical about anesthesia. One minute you’re there, the next you’re not—and as you go under, you might entertain the nurses with some bizarre chit-chat you’ll be ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...

Eating a combination of two award-winning diets slowed aging in key structures inside the brain by over two years, according to a new study. While all three diets are plant-based and quite similar, ...

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China has approved its first-ever invasive brain-computer interface product, marking a key regulatory milestone in Chinese startups’ quest to challenge US rivals such as Elon Musk-backed Neuralink ...

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...