Browsing: Brains

In encouraging news for people recovering from alcohol use disorder, new research has demonstrated how quickly the brain can repair…

summary: Historically, scientific research has focused primarily on the brain’s gray matter, with the equally important white matter less well…

original version of this story Appeared in Quanta Magazine.On warm summer nights, green lacewings fly around bright lanterns in backyards…

adult female insect Angiostrongylus cantonensis It was recovered from the lungs of rats and has a distinctive barber’s pole appearance…

Scientists have used advanced imaging techniques to identify brain activity and regions associated with cognitive motor dissociation (CMD), or “hidden…

Post-mortem examinations of the monkeys’ brains also confirmed that the treated animals had restored dopamine levels. Dopamine levels remained low…

The saying “busy as a bee” certainly applies to the brain of a bee. Insects must balance effort, risk, and…

According to Crossley, these tiny collectors are also “great learners,” able to recall something with just one touch. In a…

There’s a reason there are countless songs about loneliness. Feeling lonely is often part of being human, so many of…

Switching to a diet rich in fresh vegetables and less processed foods can have surprising effects on the biological age…