Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...

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Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has dismissed criticism of the show's recent lead actors Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa ...

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Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells. When you purchase through ...

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On April 1, NASA made history again with the launch of Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed mission around the moon in over 50 years. Major moments like this often spark renewed interest in space, ...

The development of the human brain, with its extraordinary range of cognitive abilities, is an awe-inspiring feat of evolution. Each of its tens of billions of cells must be born at precisely the ...