Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

Cortical Labs, an Australian biotech company, has pushed the boundaries of biological computing by connecting living human ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive ...

Human brain cells are now interacting with computer systems, learning to play video games like Doom. Researchers have ...

New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind. The work by Johns Hopkins University ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier ...

On a cutting surface inside a Scaife Hall laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Julia Kofler examines a brain, pointing out its weight, tiny specks of fatty plaque and other features visible ...

Everything from doom scrolling on our constantly pinging phones to refined sugar is designed to manipulate our biological instincts – and it’s making us ill. Bestselling author and scientist Nicklas B ...