Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...

But why is that? What is it about our relationships that make them so central to our lives? According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he ...

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A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney. A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood ...

Some people’s brains are so much younger than their chronological age, they could be hiding the secrets to treating dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Known as “superagers,” these ...

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have grown a first-of-its-kind organoid mimicking an entire human brain, complete with rudimentary blood vessels and neural activity. This new "multi-region brain organoid" ...

Brain aging may have sped up during the pandemic, even in people who didn’t get sick from Covid, a new study suggests. Using brain scans from a very large database, British researchers determined that ...

The human brain tends to lose a step as we age. Now, scientists want to minimize that decline by studying people with exceptional brains. Once we get past about age 40, even a healthy brain begins to ...

I’m Fedrick, based in Austin, Texas, and I’ve spent years wrestling with persistent brain fog and midday energy crashes. After countless mornings stumbling through my to‑do list and evenings ...

For decades, scientists believed the human brain stopped producing new neurons after childhood. This long-held view painted the adult brain as a fixed organ, incapable of generating fresh cells in the ...