Remember when kids used to flip through encyclopedias to learn fun facts? Well, in today's digital age you don’t need a thick ...

Our brains are pretty incredible—and there are lots of questions surrounding our brains: how do they work? What are the limits of what they can actually do? Is it true we only use less than 10% of our ...

While we tend to think we know ourselves pretty well, the human body still has all sorts of ways to surprise us. The truth is that we’re pretty complicated organisms, where a lot can go wrong (or ...

The human brain is a fascinating organ. Not only are we just starting to truly discover how the brain learns, but we're finding out even more new things about one of our body's most important pieces.

Dogs do it, cats do it, deer do it – in fact, many species of mammals can swivel their ears to direct their hearing. Humans lost this ability about 25 million years ago, but according to a new study, ...

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And often you’re not even aware that they exist. There are tons of things we ...

COVID-19 is leaving all kinds of legacies on our health, both on our bodies and our brains. In a study published July 22 in Nature Communications, researchers report that living through the pandemic ...

Over the last decades, research has proven that aging isn’t just about our years in birthdays. Instead, we may be better served by knowing how organs and cells have handled those years. This powerful ...