Police officers, hospital staff and emergency workers often swear that their nights get busier under a full moon. But does ...

Human trials could begin as early as this month at all three Mayo Clinic locations — in Florida, Minnesota and Arizona — with patients who are newly diagnosed with glioblastoma. The first phase of the ...

We know that children need the basics — nutritious food, clean air, and safe places to learn and live. But to really thrive, ...

An Athens man and an Athens woman were arrested after police said a three-year-old in their care was severely abused, leaving the child with permanent brain damage. Dalton James Sweat, 26, was ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

Scientists have created the world’s first mosquito cell map, revealing how these insects spread diseases like dengue and Zika ...

Researchers have created a detailed map of chemical modifications to DNA that occur in the human brain from the earliest ...

Summary: A global study of vertebrates reveals that body temperature is the key driver behind brain size evolution. Warm-blooded species like mammals and birds can maintain the energy demands of ...

Think you see the world as it is? Think again. The brain’s shortcuts make us efficient—but also deeply biased.

New research using fruit flies reveals that sleep loss can trigger both increased eating and sleeping—if the deprivation leads to energy depletion.

Should we encourage or discourage a person with a substance use disorder to wait till they "hit rock bottom"? Treatment should start in preaddiction, before the worst case.

When Kamini Sehrawat and Prof. Israel Nelken of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem exposed baby mice to the first movement of ...