Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...

Neuralink patient Nick Wray demonstrates how the brain chip lets him control a robot arm to take a drink from a cup. A Neuralink brain chip patient is now controlling a robot arm with his mind. On ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a key mechanism for appetite and weight control. It helps the brain to regulate feelings of hunger. In their ...

Contraception is often used to prevent pregnancies and manage menstrual cycles—which is exactly why Sandra Somarakis, now 61, and Nicole Ryan, 60, chose it for over a decade. Both women opted for ...

WESTWEGO, La. — Robin Phillip’s fresh haircut is dyed her favorite color — green. But beneath the dye job is a scar that runs along the side of her head, the result of two craniotomies. For years, ...

While the COVID pandemic has thankfully been over for some time now, there is still a considerable number of people in the world (about 400 million) suffering from long COVID. Long COVID is a chronic ...

A Neuralink brain chip patient is now controlling a robot arm with his mind. On Monday, Nick Wray posted a video of himself demonstrating the capability by directing the robot arm to pick up a cup. In ...

From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...

Ever wake up and feel like your brain’s still in sleep mode—foggy, sluggish, or just not ready to deal with the world (or your inbox)? You’re not alone. Most of us spend all this time trying to wake ...