Studying the brain in ways that have never been done before. Women across all industries need more female mentors and role ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

I really enjoyed Horizon: Secrets of the brain on BBC iPlayer. Presented by physicist Jim Al-Khalili (pictured), the two-part documentary is about the brain’s origin and the forces that shaped this ...

Recent research has found that the thalamus may act like a “relay station” for consciousness by modulating cortical activity in the brain. Researchers found “thalamocortical loops,” where information ...

As information zings from cell to cell inside the brain, bursts of electricity spur its transmission. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), scientists have turned their attention to the tiny pores ...

The first hint of a brain developed on Earth around 600 million years ago, and now, some version of the organ can be found in nearly every animal in the world. Humans have the largest brain size ...