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Topic: Brain

Baby boy having brain tested, Seattle, Washington. (Getty Images / Aaron MCcoy)

What's it like to be a baby?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Scheme of parts of human brain with circuit board as brain anatomy. (Getty Images / Grafissimo)

Humans think — AI, not so much

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Neuronal network, conceptual illustration. (CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Are concept neurons what make us human?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Executive director of Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research uses a stereo scope to examine a sediment sample to identify microplastics within a sample in Long Beach on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Microplastics in brains are accumulating

Matthew Rozsa
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Person admiring the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) (Getty Images/Marco Bottigelli)

Psychedelic healing and feelings of awe

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Alzheimers and dementia research, a brain scan in multi well tray used for research experiments in laboratory (Getty Images/Andrew Brookes)

Alzheimer’s may not be from amyloids

Joshua Cohen - Undark
Espresso coffee cup on vintage table and assortment of grinded and roasted coffee beans (Getty Images/apomares)

Is caffeine actually harmless?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Anti-Racism protest. (Getty Images/LeoPatrizi)

Racism and discrimination age you faster

Negar Fani, Nathaniel Harnett - The Conversation
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Octopus with diver's hand underwater (Getty Images/Martin Steinthaler)

Plumbing the depths of animal minds

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Doctor looking at CT scan (Getty Images/1440525438)

Brains are larger but are we smarter?

Matthew Rozsa
Shot from mouth looking out at dentist (Getty Images/Kris Timken)

Why dental health is not arbitrary

Matthew Rozsa
Man stressed, depressed in the corner of a room (Getty Images/urbazon)

Why we get paralyzed by stress

Nicole Karlis
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Human brain scan in neurology clinic (Getty Images/Westend61)

COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Ziyad Al-Aly - The Conversation
Alzheimers and dementia research, a brain scan in multi well tray used for research experiments in laboratory (Getty Images/Andrew Brookes)

Understanding the brain's sewage system

Nicole Karlis
Human brain connected with USB wire cord (SerrNovik (Getty Images))

NFL brain trauma vs. Elon's Neuralink

Rae Hodge
Senior man playing with puzzle (Getty Images/LightFieldStudios)

Is your memory loss normal or a warning?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A neurosurgeon holding human brain model and pointing at brain MRI on lightbox in medical office (Getty Images/undefined undefined)

Advances in mind-decoding technologies

Fletcher Reveley - Undark
A medical staff member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez watches a screen which shows a patient's MRI images at nursing station in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

Testing for COVID-related brain damage

Matthew Rozsa
Psychedelic drug, concept (Getty Images/wildpixel)

How psychedelics change the brain

Edmund S. Higgins - The Conversation
Dopaminergic neurons are brain cells whose primary neurotransmitter is dopamine. (Getty Images/KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Dopamine is often oversimplified

Kimberlee D'Ardenne - The Conversation
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Geometry of the Mind (Getty Images/agsandrew)

Unlocking the brain's spiral symphony

Lindsay Kalter
Tick on a leaf (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Ticks spreading brain-swelling illness

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
3D render of a man with strong pain in head (Getty Images/peterschreiber.media)

Decoding signals of pain in the brain

Prasad Shirvalkar - The Conversation
Computer artwork of an ECG (electrocardiogram) trace in front of a human brain (Getty Images/PASIEKA)

Scanning the brains of the dying

Troy Farah
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