A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in these exceptional brains were signs of what some scientists believe to be newborn ...

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

Suki Chan and co-editor Michael Ellis of 'Superman' fame discuss her debut feature, their collaboration, artistic ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Rotello has worked with Patti Smith and was friends with Hilly Kristal, the late owner of CBGB, the iconic club where Smith, ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Our search for extraterrestrial life has turned up empty, perhaps because technologically advanced civilizations are doomed ...

After training neurons to play Pong, the team is back, and this time the brain cells are slaying demons with super shotguns.

Mankind encountering forces beyond their understanding has long been a great playground for horror, as exemplified by these ...

If someone showed you photos of Onyx Cave without context, you’d probably assume they were concept art from the latest space ...