How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right side can, after a turn, become a headwind. To stay on course, the fly's ...

Understanding the dynamic neural mechanisms of sleep-wake cycles is a major challenge in sleep science and neuroengineering. Sleep, essential for maintaining brain homeostasis and cognitive function, ...

What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new study has introduced a method that does exactly this—not just by looking at ...

Kyoto, Japan -- What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new study has introduced a method that does exactly this -- not ...

Researchers uncovered how shifting levels of a brain protein called KCC2 can reshape the way cues become linked with rewards, sometimes making habits form more quickly or more powerfully than expected ...

Inspiring confidence in an important municipal agency, one charged with community improvement but beset by questions about its operations, isn’t an impossible challenge. One simple way to do so is for ...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Stephen Corey Bryant, 44, was executed by firing squad Friday, becoming the third person put to death by that method in South Carolina this year, according to the Associated ...

The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass. Credit...Photographs by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — ...

“Jon’s firing is a mistake and a disservice to farmers who need a strong leader at the Farm Service Agency, especially now, when times are tough.” The USDA did not immediately respond to questions ...

NEW TONIGHT. THE STUART CITY COMMISSION SEEMS READY TO FIRE CITY MANAGER MICHAEL MORTAL, CITY COMMISSIONER SEAN REED CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION BUT OFFERED NO EXPLANATION. DURING YESTERDAY’S PUBLIC ...