Biologist Cornelis Vlasman envisions the human body as a working biological LEGO system. And his clickable system of interchanging human organs is coming to life... if you’re willing to define life ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

Scientists have built a soft, wireless Implant that lets the brain interpret patterned light as if it were a new kind of ...

TinkerBots is a robot building set that enables children as young as five--and adults, too--to easily build whatever kind of robot they can imagine, like this dog. All it takes is snapping together ...

New research reveals that specific brain network changes can predict which widowed elderly individuals are at higher risk for developing depression years before symptoms appear. The five-year ...

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports that humans possess a specialized brain module for detecting individuals who cheat in social exchanges. Evolutionary psychologists now say humans and other social ...

Networks pervade our lives. Every day we use intricate networks of roads, railways, maritime routes and skyways traversed by commercial flights. They exist even beyond our immediate experience. Think ...

Zeroing in on specific brain regions when studying drug and alcohol abuse simplifies research but may leave out important insights. In fact, the landscape of the entire brain reorganizes during ...

The study, entitled “Increased global integration in the brain after psilocybin therapy for depression,” was published in Nature Medicine on April 11. This study analyzed two other studies to learn ...