No Two Human Brains Are Alike
The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.
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Why I Couldn’t Get Over My Brother’s Death
Everybody told me my grief would relent in a year. It only got worse. Was there something wrong with me?
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Painkillers That Don’t Kill
Scientists are getting closer to designing safer, more targeted pain drugs to replace opioids.
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What’s So Hard About Understanding Consciousness?
We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.
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I Feel, Therefore I Am
Consciousness is a continuous conversation between the feeling body and the knowing mind.
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Are Kids Ready for Virtual Reality?
Will too much time in the virtual world impact how children develop in the real one?
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The Accident That Led to Machines That Can See
The beauty of this breakthrough is serendipity.
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Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep
A neurologist makes an emotional visit to understand “resignation syndrome.”
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness Has an Easy Part We Can Solve
How does consciousness arise? What might its relationship to matter be? And why are some things conscious while others apparently aren’t? These sorts of questions, taken together, make up what’s called the “hard problem” of consciousness, coined some years ago by the philosopher David Chalmers. There is no widely accepted solution to this. But, fortunately, […]
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That Is Not How Your Brain Works
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
