Grab dessert first at this Michigan buffet where the sweets vanish fast, the case empties early, and every plate turns into a ...

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Cancer’s cruelest trick is its ability to disappear, only to reappear years later in a new organ or a familiar scar. The fear ...

Welcome back! For Day 4 of the challenge, let’s do a short and fun activity based around a concept called cognitive reserve.

For Day 3, we’re asking you to spend at least 20 minutes exercising for your brain. Go for a walk with your accountability ...

Researchers developed a way to directly reprogram human glial cells into PV interneurons without passing through a stem‑cell stage.

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

The best brain breaks aren’t random or mere time-fillers—they’re purposeful pauses that help students regulate, reconnect, ...

A new study found that fixing energy balance in the brain reversed symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s in mice.  Researchers ...

Sandia National Labs today released an update on its neuromorphic computing research, reporting that these systems, inspired ...

I spoke with neuroscientists from an Incheon, Korea-based startup that's looking to minimize the symptoms of epilepsy or Parkinson's disease.

National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...