The brain seeks novelty. Passive tasks can lead to skill decline. Challenging the brain with new learning, like a new ...

Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience. Human languages are remarkably complex systems. About 7,000 languages are ...

Researchers at the Jülich Research Centre in Germany are working on a simulation at the scale of the entire human brain.

The OpenAI CEO is adding a well-funded brain-computer interface startup to his growing portfolio of ambitious bets.

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read ...

A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...

Measuring just 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers — smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled paramecium ...

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University has obtained ...

When it comes to developing faster and smaller chips to power next-generation electronic devices, Silicon is seen as the leading option. This abundant, cheap semiconductor provides acceptable carrier ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

While most retirees celebrate finally escaping deadlines and difficult coworkers, research reveals that those who maintain ...