Despite all the knowledge that we have access to, the reality is that there is still so much to learn about the world.

Last week Dr. C. Judson Herrick, University of Chicago neurologist, issued statements anent the brain. There are 9,200,000,000 cells in the human cortex. In the process of thought one of these ...

Are you smarter than a detective? Find the prisoner plotting an escape in this thrilling puzzle. You’ve got just 9 seconds!

We all get bored at some point. One survey found that the average American adult experiences 131 days of boredom per year.

New research uncovers how mitophagy, the cellular recycling of damaged mitochondria, changes dynamically in the aging ...

Have you ever heard people refer to themselves as "left-brained" or "right-brained?" It's a common belief that people with a left brain are more analytical and logical, while people who favor ...

Brain-training games sell themselves as a way to maintain cognitive function, but the evidence isn't there yet.

The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a historic $97 million medical malpractice verdict on Nov. 8, dismissing the record-setting ...

Let’s begin with some definitions. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease caused by complex brain changes following cell damage. Symptoms gradually get worse over time ...

Summary: A recent study shows that prolonged mental exertion weakens connectivity between the brain’s frontal and parietal lobes, impacting cognitive efficiency. However, the brain has built-in ...

Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops beating) interrupts circulation, causing brain cells to start dying in less than five minutes of the brain going without needed oxygen in the blood. The ...