Your heartbeat isn’t just keeping you alive; it's also talking to your brain and shaping how you experience pain. Recent research shows that the ...

Maria is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies how neurons and astrocytes influence each other in regulating degradative pathways. She is passionate about the ...

Thirteen years after the first Avatar movie came out in 2009, director James Cameron invites viewers to journey back to the faraway, lush exo-moon of Pandora with a sequel: Avatar: The Way of Water.

We strive to make neuroscience accessible to anyone interested in learning about the brain. Here, you can delve into the mind via stories, infographics, interviews, and more! Learn more about who we ...

La dislexia es una dificultad inesperada para aprender a leer a pesar de tener inteligencia y visión normales y acceso a una buena educación. Hoy en día, los científicos por lo general están de ...

As long as dogs avoid speaking human language and we lack the technology to translate, interpreting your companion’s behavior remains difficult–especially if you see your canine as “a little quirky”.

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With its chorus of uncovered coughs, snotty sneezes, and doctor’s office waiting rooms full of children wearing pajamas, flu season brings plenty of germy interactions to cringe away from. If you’ve ...

When a clinical trial holds the power to change who you are, do you get a say in what happens next? This question made headlines when a participant in an Australian study was forced to part with the ...

Motherhood is a profoundly life-changing experience. Pregnancy not only alters daily routines and responsibilities, it also transforms the body in remarkable ways. Organs shift to make room for a baby ...

As I sit watching a medical TV show with my sister, an imaging technologist, she critiques the accuracy of the procedures the characters are claiming to perform. “The x-rays in the background are even ...

Running his hands over a red armchair, Neo murmurs with hesitation, “This isn’t real.” Gazing at him intently, Morpheus responds, “What is real? How do you define real?” In the film The Matrix, the ...