Over the past two decades, some studies have suggested that human brains are shrinking. But there is also evidence that IQ scores have risen over the past century. But is it possible for us to get ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, one persistent hurdle remains: data fragmentation. Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHR) over the last couple of decades, ...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved. Three hearts; blue blood; no ...

Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does ...

One idea given for the mysterious disappearance of Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago is a difference in brain power compared with early modern humans (Homo sapiens), who invaded their territory in ...

The future of air combat is starting to look a lot more like something pulled from a design lab that refuses to follow the old rules of fighter jets. The X-BAT, an autonomous vertical takeoff and ...

Nowhere is the cost of ignoring women’s health more visible or more correctable than in the brain. Closing the women’s health gap could add $1 trillion in annual incremental GDP to the global economy.

New research shows that the threat-response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was ...

Humans are creatures of rhythms. As far as we know, humans have always sung and always danced. We can recognise a song by its rhythm alone, regardless of whether it is played fast or slow. We seem to ...

Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," has contributed to 60 Minutes since 2006. His exceptional reporting on big news events has earned Cooper a reputation as one of television's ...