The world feels ordinary until a single detail shifts your perspective. A quiet fact can linger in your thoughts, reshaping ...

Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of microbes in our intestines do more than digest lunch, but new work goes ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized ...

Recent technological and scientific advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, which is in turn leading to interesting new discoveries. Over the past few years, many groups of ...

A human-specific NOVA1 variant changed mouse vocalizations, potentially providing insights into the evolution of language. Darnell said the switch to the new NOVA1 variant likely occurred between ...

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

A groundbreaking new study reveals that changes to the gut microbiome can change the way the brain works. Humans have the largest relative brain size of any primate, but little is known about how ...