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Dollhouse’s Absurd Sci-Fi Premise Actually Got One Thing Right

There’s a pretty good chance you’ve “recalled” a fake memory at some point.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Innovation

“Quantum materials” could give the human brain a run for its money, scientists say

With this new design, our machines may reach general intelligence — and perhaps even consciousness.

ByNathaniel Scharping
Science

Is the human brain unique among animals? New study hints at an evolving answer

Opinion: The human brain is more complicated than you think.

ByDavid Menon, Andrea Luppi, Emmanuel A Stamatakis and The Conversation
Reel Science

The trippiest sci-fi movie on Amazon Prime reveals a strange debate about the human brain

Can we really erase our memories like the characters in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'? Experts explain.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Chomp chomp

Neanderthal baby teeth reveal new details about their development

Dental remains are giving researchers insight into how quickly Neanderthals grew.

ByJennifer Walter
Food for thought

Sea slug study explains what happens when a human brain learns

New research explains what allows learning to influence behavior.

ByAli Pattillo
Rewired

A.I. has disrupted how we think about the human brain

Artificial neural networks are computational models that loosely mimic the integration and activation properties of real neurons.

ByBlake Richards
Science

Neuroscience Study Explains Why We Go Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole

Information feels rewarding regardless of how unessential it is to our lives.

BySarah Sloat
Science

Honeybees That Solve Math Problems Challenge Supremacy of Human Brains

Maybe math isn't so hard after all.

ByPeter Hess
Science

Neanderthal Genes Explain the Roundness of Modern Human Brains

A globular brain is a modern one.

BySarah Sloat
Science

Mutant Ferrets With 'Severely Shrunken' Brains Reveal Why Ours Are So Big

Genetic engineering shrunk their brains by up to 40 percent.

ByPeter Hess
Science

Scientists Uncover the 3 Evolutionary Factors That Made Human Brains So Big

There is "no clear link between brain size and behavior."

BySarah Sloat
Science

Researchers Mimic Human Brain to Solve Neural Networks' Huge Power Problem

Computers just stole one of the human brain's best tricks.

ByDanny Paez
Science

Electrode Zaps Could 'Turbo Charge' the Human Brain, Research Shows

We can now alter the way our brains communicate.

ByPeter Hess
Science

3 Life-Changing Things That Happen to the Human Brain at 25

You've peaked. Kinda.

ByEleanor Cummins
Science

At F8, Facebook Debuts a New Platform: The Human Brain

ByGraham Templeton
Entertainment

'iZombie' Treats Human Brains Like Party Drugs

This is all feeling a little 'True Blood.'

ByEmily Gaudette
Science

The 2016 Experiment of the Year

'Inverse' has singled out one study from countless worthy efforts and 10 groundbreaking finalists because it will fundamentally alter the future of an entire field.

ByTanya Basu
Science

Kernel's Neural Implants Could Boost Failing Human Brains

Naturalizing artificial intelligence.

ByJoe Carmichael
Science

How Ambient Noise, the OG Productivity Trick, Helps Human Brains Focus on Work

What distracts us from our work isn’t sound itself: It’s our engagement with it.

ByYasmin Tayag
Culture

Neurorobotics Is Bringing the "Efficiency" of the Human Brain to A.I. Robots

Getting a machine to think like a human is hard enough. Getting a machine to be as power efficient as a human is even tougher.

ByNeel V. Patel
Entertainment

Scientists Discover That Human Brains Are Surprisingly Similar to This Ugly Fish

Our evolutionary history isn't the prettiest. 

ByYasmin Tayag
Health

Please Don't Let Eating Human Brains Become a Health Fad

Your family would need to eat them across several generations.

ByPeter Rugg