In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Afascinating discovery in Turkey has captured the attention of scientists and archaeologists alike. A 4,000-year-old human ...

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New research suggests that types of exercise can boost brain health and strengthen cognition, memory, and executive function ...

Are AI tools like ChatGPT making us think less or think differently? An MIT study warns of reduced brain engagement with AI ...

While the human brain has about one million times more neurons than that ... times more neurons and records 54.5 million ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

In brain science terms, that’s extraordinarily high. A proportionate sample of the human brain would be 240 million cells.

Understanding human intelligence, here we come.Scientists have mapped an unprecedentedly large portion of the brain of a mouse. The cubic millimeter worth of brain tissue represents the largest piece ...

In brain science terms, that’s extraordinarily high. A proportionate sample of the human brain would be 240 million cells.

The newly published map covers around 0.2% of the mouse’s brain, but the MICrONS team will be testing the technologies to map the animal’s entire brain, says Nuno Maçarico da Costa, a ...

Next, scientists at the Allen Institute analyzed that small piece of brain tissue, using a special tool to shave it into more than 25,000 layers, each far thinner than a human hair.