Einstein’s brain wasn’t larger — it was built differently. The region responsible for spatial reasoning was wider than normal ...

BISC is an ultra-thin neural implant that creates a high-bandwidth wireless link between the brain and computers. Its tiny single-chip design packs tens of thousands of electrodes and supports ...

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

Are we medicating or "special educating" young geniuses out of becoming future Einsteins when their late talking is ...

Artificial intelligence systems that are designed with a biologically inspired architecture can simulate human brain activity ...

STEPPING onto her scales Rosie Parsons’ eyes widened in horror. It had been just 30 days since she had stopped taking the weight loss jab Ozempic but already her clothes had begun clinging.

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, mammals and birds have the largest brains in relation to their body size, ...

When you think of intelligent people, Albert Einstein may be the first name to come to mind. Known as one of history’s greatest geniuses, he fascinated the world with his many contributions to science ...

Whether it be through their art or mathematical formulas, the great minds of the past—like Sappho, Michelangelo, and Albert Einstein—have deeply influenced our understanding of the world around us.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This proportionally bigger brain is what anthropologists argued enabled us and our ...

Tesla Monson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Andrew Weitz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tesla Monson, Western Washington University and Andrew Weitz, Western Washington ...