New research is giving us a clearer picture of the human brain and how it functions.

And yet we know surprisingly little about them. While the cellular biology of this critical organ has been mapped out, ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are a visual icon for intelligence itself. Peeling back the layers of this ...

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a fundamental principle underlying how the human brain processes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. The brain is unimaginably complex. Google and Harvard recently announced ...

There was a time when silence came naturally. Long train rides meant staring out of the window. Waiting in a queue meant observing people around. Nights ended with conversations or quiet thoughts ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness in ways that can last for years. Pregnancy reshapes more than the body.