A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

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“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

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Boredom is one of those human traits, like appreciating humor or music or ocean views, that we take for granted without ...

As we enjoy ourselves through the festive season, many will already be planning a detox in the new year: cutting back on screentime, perhaps, or abstaining from alcohol. Recently, I wondered whether ...

The Las Vegas Raiders will be starting their seventh quarterback in the past three seasons when Kenny Pickett starts for them under center on Sunday. Pickett will face his former team, the ...

It’s been more than a decade since scientists first started publishing papers on neural organoids, the small clusters of cells grown in labs and designed to mimic various parts of the human brain.

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist in Seattle, Washington. Near the end of his first series of chess matches against IBM’s Deep Blue computer in 1996, the Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov ...

Brunel rose from a teenage engineer working in a dangerous, collapsing tunnel to the mastermind behind Britain’s most iconic industrial achievements. His railway between London and Bristol was so ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...