A parasite found in undercooked meat and contaminated water may be linked to rare brain cancers

Approximately 20% to 50% of the global population has been exposed to Toxoplasma gondii,...

Even if Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip never gives us telepathy, it could do wonders for animal testing

Elon Musk hosted a live demo from his company Neuralink showing a pig named Gertrude with...

Your brain is a prediction-making machine — which is why it isn't wired to deal with a pandemic

The mind is relying on a set of default biases that, when applied to the current context,...

Elon Musk says his AI brain chip company will do a live tech demo of a 'working device' on Friday

Musk said in May Neuralink could begin human testing within a year, although experts have...

61 cognitive biases that screw up everything we do

To clue you into the biases that frame our decisions, we've collected a long list of the...

Brain freeze is your brain's way of warning you that the blood flowing to your brain is way too cold

Brain freeze happens when the blood flowing to your brain is too cold. This triggers the...

Researchers scanned obese teens' brains and found damage in areas linked to emotion and reward

The small study supports earlier research that obesity is associated with changes in the...

Elon Musk finally took the wraps off his new brain microchip company that plans to connect people's brains to the internet by next year

Elon Musk's secretive brain microchip company held an event on Tuesday night detailing...