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

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

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to ...

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The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...

The sound of a choir performing in a cathedral is iconic for a reason. It’s this beautiful human experience: being side-by-side with other people, feeling the sound vibrate through you, reverberating ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

BISC is a paper-thin, wireless, AI-ready brain implant poised to transform both neurotherapy and human-machine interaction. Credit: Columbia Engineering A radically miniaturized brain implant called ...

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