Some songs just live in your head. They occupy space up there and have done so ever since you heard them on the radio, from your favorite playlist, or from your best friend’s recommendation. It’s hard ...

Not long ago, I was stuck. Not in traffic or a line—but in a moment of mental fog. I couldn’t think through a decision. I couldn’t feel what I felt. Then a song popped into my head. Not one I had ...

October half term is almost upon us and you'll no doubt be on the hunt for things to do with the kids. With Halloween at the ...

Pinky and the Brain's slapstick, social parody, and surprisingly sharp wit made the show accessible to kids and adults. Its ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

A study conducted by a multinational research group investigated the potential of audible sound waves (in the form of music, specifically Pink Floyd’s "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1") in enhancing ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped the genetic architecture of the brain’s communication bridge—the corpus callosum—using AI and MRI data from over 50,000 people.

Some songs just reside in your psyche without issue. These are three pop songs from 1996 that live in our heads rent-free.

The distribution of wealth between different people living in specific geographical regions has changed substantially over the past decades, with some segments of the population benefiting most from ...

During ageing, men experience a greater reduction in volume across more regions of the brain than women do, according to a longitudinal study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...