Researchers have found new data to support the "drunken monkey" hypothesis; the idea that human attraction to alcohol may be ...

Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

Jean Milne is one of 44 patients to receive a letter from NHS Tayside saying sorry for not properly alerting them to the risks when they were given a new metal jaw prosthetic made by the health board.

On Monday night, someone placed a peculiar bet on the prediction market Kalshi. At 7:45 p.m. eastern time, a single trader put down nearly $100,000 on the claim that, by the end of December, the Trump ...

Scientists have created an AI version of a monkey brain that recognizes images without requiring the massive computing power of existing AI systems.

Many people’s brains deteriorate as they age, becoming riddled with malfunctioning proteins that result in cell death and the ...

SuperAgers” with superb memories in their 80s and 90s produce more new brain cells than people some 50 years younger, according to a new study.

Many reasonable doubters I come across in my UFO digging ask me how the government could possibly keep something like this a secret all these years, and I like to answer that question with one of my ...

Researchers looking for signs of extraterrestrial life instead stumbled upon a pulsar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Playing games to train your brain into a better memory may not be just the stuff of bad app-store advertising, according to a new study two decades in the making. Research published in the journal ...

Drinking a few cups of caffeinated coffee or tea every day may help in a small way to preserve brain power and prevent dementia, researchers reported on Monday. People with the highest daily intake of ...