Whether sharp and stabbing or dull and throbbing, a headache can ruin your day. But your brain doesn’t actually feel pain. So ...

The earliest known evidence of human fire-making has been discovered in the UK dating back over 400,000, in a new ...

Researchers uncovered how shifting levels of a brain protein called KCC2 can reshape the way cues become linked with rewards, ...

Newborns enter the world wailing like tiny alarm clocks, yet take their sweet time to laugh. Science says there’s a ...

Despite the headlines, tinnitus does not cause dementia. The problem is that it can cause a form of cognitive impairment.

A year of new treatments, new technologies, new ways to stay safe during disasters and new insights on the mysteries of the ...

Every clonal raider ant lives a nearly identical life. Each new generation of these blind, queenless ants is born at the same ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

A new study reveals that the human brain processes spoken language in a sequence that closely mirrors the layered architecture of advanced AI language models.

The detox wasn’t absolute. Participants were spending about two hours a day on social media. During the detox, that dropped ...

A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skills—the ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, ...