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Neuroscience Medicine
A conversation with Annaka Harris on shared perception, experimental science, and why our intuition about consciousness is wrong.
“The field is endless, but my life is limited, as are all of ours. But you do what you can with your time,” says CSO Mart Saarma.
Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.
The findings show that even small areas in the brain may have the potential to represent complex meanings.
The hangover "cures" on the market don't work. A new hydrogel does.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Capsaicin is already used to treat nerve pain. Early research hints it could do more.
Long thought a pipe dream, scientists have discovered a drug that mimics the effects of exercise.
The brain implant lets her talk four times faster than the previous record.
6mins
Modern life replaced spirituality with goal-setting — and it’s making us depressed. Here’s how to win back your happiness.
Synchronized activity between the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and thalamus plays a role in memory consolidation.
In the ongoing battle against PTSD, a potential new weapon emerges: a nasal spray loaded with neuropeptide Y.
It’s safe to use your face cream, as long as you aren’t eating it.
9mins
Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.
Rapamycin is potentially the most powerful anti-aging drug ever discovered. However, due to its unlucky history, few know of it.
A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.
New research shows psychedelics activate receptors inside brain cells that other compounds, like serotonin, cannot.
The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
The initial study lays the groundwork for another larger, longer phase 2 trial.
Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
Pathogenic, self-propagating proteins called prions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's are also found in Down syndrome patients.
More work is needed before declaring the technique a fountain of youth.
In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.
Maybe the brain isn't "classical" after all.
There may be a faster, less-painful way to use radiation against cancer.
This opens the door to manipulating networks of specific neurons.
HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives produce clear images of heart, lungs, and other internal organs.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.