Humans have unique brain connections affecting emotions, social intelligence, and language, unlike chimpanzees or macaques.

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

Consciousness is central to human experience, shaping everything we perceive and understand. Yet, its nature remains one of science’s greatest mysteries. In a recent video, author and science ...

It will be essential for us as a species to maintain superiority, but [...] we are not the pinnacle of creation,” he says.

At Fierce Healthcare, we keep track of all the venture capital being funneled into the health tech and digital health ...

The new book Memory Lane convincingly demonstrates how memories are like Lego buildings that are constantly being rebuilt.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

The study of the human condition has long been fragmented into distinct silos, dividing the humanities from the interpretive social sciences. While each of these disciplines addresses vital questions ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...

"It's a behavior change because there's actually nothing to learn," Conor Grennan said. "It's hard because your brain doesn't ...

A new study has identified brain regions crucial for remembering words and how they are affected in people with temporal lobe ...

Dr. Neilank Jha, a neurosurgeon and spine specialist, spoke about the benefits and limitations of AI at a forum at ...