FEATURE - 'Wild West' of neuroscience drives new laws on brain privacy
Advances in brain science have made it easier to capture detailed data flows for the human brain and interpret their meaning.
Sat Mar 23 2024
Ambitious research yields new atlas of human brain cells
Examining the human brain at the cellular level in more detail, scientists have identified more than 3,300 array of cell types.
Fri Oct 13 2023
Scientists document how space travel messes with the human brain
The brain scans of 30 astronauts, found that it took three years for the ventricles to fully recover after journey to the space.
Sat Jun 10 2023
Forget AI, organoid intelligence could take computing to the next level
Researchers want to harness advances in the reproduction of human brain cells in vitro to offer superior intelligence.
Sun Mar 19 2023
Why Elon Musk will have to wait a little longer to start putting chips in human brains
Elon Musk's agenda appears to have been thwarted by the US authorities, which have not authorised these first human trials.
Sat Mar 18 2023
Reza Aslan, host of CNN's 'Believer,' catches grief for showcasing religious cannibals in India
Religion scholar Reza Aslan ate cooked human brain tissue with a group of cannibals in India duringthe new CNN show "Believer," a documentary series about spirituality around the globe.
Mon Mar 06 2017
A history of eating human brains protected Papua New Guinea tribe from brain disease
After years of eating brains, some have developed a genetic resistance to the molecule that causes several fatal brain diseases, including kuru, mad cow disease and some cases of dementia.
Sat Jun 13 2015
The coming problem of smartphones being more intelligent than us
Within seven years, about when the iPhone 11 is likely to be released, the smartphones in our pockets will be as computationally intelligent as we are.
Fri Apr 24 2015
Personality traits probed in high-res brain scans
US researchers on Tuesday published incredibly detailed images of the human brain as part of an international project aimed at uncovering how brain architecture influences personality.
Fri Mar 08 2013