The Bright Side: Healing Brain Trauma with Light
Blue light, or light that exists at wavelengths between 380 and 500 nanometers, has a complicated reputation. The sun gives off blue...
The Anti-Alzheimer's Diet
"It's the healthiest thing I can think of to drink," says Dr. Christopher Ochner, nutrition research scientist at Icahn School of...
New Robotics Solve an Old Riddle
It turns out your teachers were being a little hasty when they said there are only five senses. For instance, there’s proprioception,...
In a Heartbeat
Some amount of fear is healthy. As a 2015 episode of NPR’s Invisibilia illustrates, that rare person born with no fear suffers some...
Seen and Heard: Growing Language Skills in Kids
For parents of young children hoping to boost their offspring’s language skills, the solution might be simpler than you think: talk to...
The Science of "Mini-brains"
StartFragment What makes the human brain so, well, human? It’s not purely a matter of size—from studying the cranial cavities of...
The Left-Handed Brain
What do Babe Ruth, Marie Curie, David Bowie, Barack Obama, and Oprah have in common, other than fame? No, that’s not the start of a...
Phantoms, Magic Tricks and Video Games
In a fair and just world, losing a limb would be the end of feeling any discomfort in that particular region. For one thing, surely at...
The Latest Neuroscience Breakthrough? It's Inside a Mouse's Skull
How much of our social behavior is hard-wired and how much is learned? It’s a huge question. The nature vs nurture debate has raged for...
The Four Phases of Focus
What happens to the brain during meditation? When researcher Wendy Hasenkamp was at Emory University, she and her team ran experiments on...
