neuroscience, Tag

As advances in gene editing, energy and AI gain momentum, Jim Al-Khalili predicts their impact on our future

Analysis of US fracking sites suggests pollutants including airborne particulates and heavy metals could affect neurodevelopment of babies and children

A group of scientists in China announced the results of a controversial experiment this week: they claim that by using genetic engineering, they've bred macaque monkeys with an autism-like disorder...

Studying the brain is, as one might imagine, a fairly complex task—and it's not tremendously often that scientists get to study the brain in all its three-dimensional glory...

Brain-computer interfaces are nothing new—several companies have developed technology that allows one to conduct a number of pre-determined activities, such as moving a cursor, by monitoring brain waves...

Image via Shutterstock After years of using mice to study the inner workings of the brain, Juergen Knoblich of the Institute of Molecular Biology in Vienna, Austria decided he'd had enough...

The link between mother and child during pregnancy is perhaps the closest that two humans can ever be linked, but after childbirth they become two separate individuals — or do they? New research suggests that the connection...

The natural world has inspired a lot of technological innovations, but it seems it could also be aiding in the design of future robots. A team from Duke University is researching dragonflies in order to better understand...

This post examines our own history on the planet, outlines how the ancient-derived reward pathways of our brain are easily hijacked by modern stimuli, and concludes that in very real ways, we have become addicted to the 'consumptive...