In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

In various contexts, for practical, philosophical, and logical reasons, there is a default assumption. In the criminal justice system, for example, someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. T ...

The Fermi paradox goes like this: given the immense scale of the universe – trillions of galaxies, each with millions upon ...

Grokipedia is far from perfect, but proponents argue it covers crypto and controversial topics in a more even-handed manner ...

The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.

This is a question I’ve been thinking about a lot the past several months as I’ve been writing a book, Neurogiving ... Damasio gave an explanation for this with his somatic marker hypothesis. As a ...

One other thing the Gaia data has been clarifying is that the Milky Way's disk is not serene and flat, but warped and ...

Asking “Why?” may be a favorite technique of your 3-year-old child in driving you crazy, but it could teach you a valuable ...

After graduating from "Riverdale," Lili Reinhart isn't afraid to go a little onscreen and off, from posting thirst-inducing ...

Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking a look ...