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Neuroscience

Can the Brain Survive Cryonic Sleep?

Experiments with mouse tissue suggest memory and function may remain intact

April 15, 2026

Is This Brain Cell the Key to Controlling Appetite?

A star-shaped support cell may have a starring role in hunger

April 8, 2026

How Sleep Cleans the Brain

A fresh look at your nightly brainwashing

April 1, 2026

Who Gets to Do Science?

An interview with a neuroscientist who spent the last decade tearing down the class, race, and language barriers that keep people like him out of research

March 31, 2026

Why Vivid Dreams Make for Better Sleep

An active dream life is key to good sleep

March 24, 2026

Seal and Sea Lion Brains Help Explore the Roots of Language

A midbrain bypass may have unlocked their abilities to speak

March 20, 2026

Is This Where Morality Lives in the Brain?

What happens in our brain when we fail to live up to our morals

March 19, 2026

Inside the Brains of Monks Who Have Meditated for 15,000 Hours

They may offer new clues to the mystery of consciousness

March 10, 2026