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Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

A global genetic study of 2.8 million people revealed that blood triglyceride levels and liver function help drive irritable ...

Scientists have a word for how we sense ourselves from the inside: interoception. Today, thanks to a 2021 Nobel Prize and new tools that can map internal signaling across the body, research into ...

Do you remember the last day of school before summer break? The clock ticking down to the end of the day, and then that wild, ...

The technology to truly understand the human brain is almost here. Within two years, researchers could have working prototypes of a platform that combines artificial intelligence with living brain ...

The first episode of Science Forward, the podcast of the Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board, has just launched! Featuring world-leading scientists, Science Forward explores today’s ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders. The company’s device is implanted in the skull ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. From stubbing your toe to dealing with the occasional headache or sore back, to ...