From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought ...

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic centimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're all connected.

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines and materials is cumbersome and ...

The stunning research is supercharging our understanding of human brain disorders and advancing U.S. national interests in artificial intelligence.

Feedback is delighted to hear from a reader who proposes an ingenious new unit of data – but we have some quibbles with the ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

The fallacy of the single cause, also known as causal oversimplification or causal reductionism, is where complex outcomes are mistakenly attributed to a single cause while ignoring other contributing ...

As schoolchildren we are taught that the scientific method involves a question and suggested explanation (hypothesis) based on observation, followed by the careful design and execution of ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.