For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

The free, family-friendly event on March 15 welcomes visitors for a day of fun and exploration, featuring games, art projects, lightning talks and demonstrations that highlight the wonders of the ...

Facial expressions arise from brain networks that encode slow, context-rich meaning and fast muscle control on different time scales, keeping smiles and threats socially precise.

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

With the advent of artificial intelligence, the American academic aims to avoid the pitfalls of both technophobia and ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

A neuroscientist and assistant professor at the University of Alberta presented his research on the neural mechanisms of sleeping fruit flies at a Georgetown University biology department seminar Feb.

Stress is an essential and unavoidable part of the undergrad experience, but it doesn’t have to run our lives. With good habits and enough support, it becomes manageable. Feeling stress and anxiety ...

Though it is the worst example, In The Blink Of An Eye is not the first preachy live-action sci-fi misfire from a Pixar ...

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 ...

From Wagner Moura's crime drama Narcos to the adult animated masterpiece BoJack Horseman, these original series are the gold standard of Netflix.

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here. My ...