Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round ...

AI startup Humans&, founded by former OpenAI, Alphabet ​and xAI researchers, has raised $480 million in a seed financing ...

Mickey Mouse endures because he fits our evolved need for safe faces, shared stories, and imagination, helping us regulate ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

Many researchers agree that there has been a step change in humanoid capability over the past five years, owing to cheaper ...

Developing new drugs is not for the faint-hearted. “It’s a pretty perilous journey,” says Paul Nioi, vice-president of discovery and translational research at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. “It’s expensive ...

Archeologists found three jade-inlaid teeth in a museum collection. These teeth show that Maya children used dental inlays as a form of art.