neurobiology
Why memory manipulation could be one of humanity’s healthiest ideas
When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first lit the brain cells that held certain memories felt as ...
Cold-water swimming has benefits for the brain as well as the body
Swimmers in January at Beckenham Place Park lake in London. AMcCulloch/Alamy It's 8am and I'm standing on the shore of ...
Golden retrievers and humans share ‘striking’ genetic similarities
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Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden
We don't fall asleep; we suddenly fall asleep DedMityai/Shutterstock The brain is not gradual fall asleep. Instead, it reaches a ...
This brain implant is smaller than a grain of rice
Get the daily Popular Science newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips delivered every weekday. Today's neural implants smaller than ever, ...
The New Scientist Book Club’s verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings
The New Scientist Book Club moved away from science fiction for October's reading and turned to The New Scientist. winner ...
Lead has been poisoning humans for over 2 million years
Get the daily Popular Science newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips delivered every weekday. Today, lead exposure directly correlates with ...
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
You have full access to this article through your institution. The head of the US food administration and US drugs, ...
Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
The human brain is one of the most difficult objects that existed Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty images Scientific books, especially those written ...
