A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Subscribe to our ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

“We can’t actually build brains,” University of Sussex mathematical physics professor Thomas Nowotny told New Scientist.

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...

At first glance, the human brain might appear to be a marvel of engineering—a seamless interface for sensory input, cognitive control, and motor output. But if you peer beneath its sophisticated ...