A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organised.

Alzheimer’s disease may cause degeneration of neurons in the brain through amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, inflammation, and brain atrophy. The condition may affect different parts of ...

As the size of a person’s belly grows, the memory center of their brain shrinks and beta amyloid and tau may appear — all of this occurring as early as a person’s 40s and 50s, well before ...

After tallying more than 37,000 votes from around the globe, the company on Monday announced the 2024 Oxford Word of The Year: "brain rot." A noun, 'brain rot' is defined as the assumed ...

Words picked by the publisher in previous years include rizz and goblin mode. 'Brain rot', according to Oxford University Press, is the "supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual ...

My team and I have expertly tested over 50 of the best 3D printers - and the ones right here are the best of the best. I've long championed 3D printing (honestly, I still find it magical now), and ...

Syrian and Russian jets have ramped up air raids on Idlib and Aleppo as the government of President Bashar al-Assad tries to slow the advance of opposition fighters. The raids followed big gains ...

Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which Oxford University Press has named its phrase or word of the year.

Marshall Brain, educator and founder of the popular edutainment company HowStuffWorks, died last week at the age of 63. Born in California, Brain moved to Raleigh in the 1980s to complete a master ...