It may not give you overnight martial arts skills, but it could hook your brain up to the ultimate internet—unlocking the ability to summon answers to your questions in an instant, or even ...

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“You might be asking why we should care about the brain of a fruit fly,” Seung tells the Guardian’s Ian Sample. “My simple answer is that if we can truly understand how any brain ...

Signals from those muscles control robotic joints, so the prosthesis is fully under control of the user’s brain. The system enabled people with below-knee amputations to walk more naturally and ...

Those maps will help answer big questions about brain connectomes — whether they’re variable among individuals, if they change over time, and whether they can help predict behaviors.

Plus—the zombie apocalypse. You have to be ready! In any case, this was a pretty easy Strands because I have a foodie brain and found SCONE super-fast, and then DANISH and then I went looking ...

Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. By Carl Zimmer A fruit fly’s brain is smaller than a poppy seed, but it packs ...

They do each of these things on the basis of sophisticated processing of sound, smell, touch and vision, organised and run by a brain composed of about 140,000 neurons—more than the 300 or so ...

In today's digital age, many of us enjoy scrolling through our social media feeds in search of fun challenges and brain teasers. It’s a great way to keep our minds sharp and share some friendly ...

Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or stroke. Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate ...

When this happens, it’s inevitable to worry that you might be losing your mind. After all, the brain—like all our organs—inexorably declines over time. If you think there is nothing that can ...

Today’s Strands is kind of tricky, though it depends on your interests I suppose. As someone not very familiar with what the theme ended up being, I was a bit lost and confused with some of ...