Neuroscience
Our Mind-Boggling Sense of Smell
How your brain identifies an aroma from its minute molecular traces is a marvel.
Your Brain Makes You a Different Person Every Day
Our brains are wired for new sensations.
Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
Research finds that the subjective experience of time is linked to learning, thwarted expectations and neural fatigue.
The Neurons That Appeared from Nowhere
How an accident led to what could be a medical revolution.
A Neuroscientist’s Theory of Everything
Karl Friston takes us on a safari of his free-energy principle.
How Emotions Connect Your Body and Brain
Inside a new theory of emotions that spotlights how the brain works.
In Brain Waves, Scientists See Neurons Juggle Possible Futures
Faced with a decision, the brain weighs its options by bundling them into rapidly alternating cycles of brain waves.
Glial Brain Cells, Long in Neurons’ Shadow, Reveal Hidden Powers
The glial cells of the nervous system have been eclipsed in importance by neurons for decades. But glia are turning out to be central to many neurological functions, including pain perception.
The Brain Cells That Guide Animals
New evidence the neural rules of navigation are universal.
