Mind
Brain box: Multitasking chips that can match the human mind
An electrical component once thought impossible is delivering machine minds that can think on their own
Features
Health
Eating a lower calorie diet improves learning ability in worms
News
Environment
Signs of Alzheimer’s found in chimpanzees for the first time
News
Health
Keep having nightmares? You may be getting too much sleep
News
Health
Awesome awe: The emotion that gives us superpowers
Features
Humans
The fragility of you and what it says about consciousness
Features
Health
Stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus help mice stay young
News
Environment
Fish can’t recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us
News
Health
Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why
News
Life
Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence
Understanding how things like slime moulds and plants can learn without a brain or even any neurons could help us fight diseases and make smarter machines
Features
Health
Brain-training game fails test against regular computer games
News
Health
Serious head injuries nearly double your risk of dementia
News
Health
Using light to reset the body clock can treat brain disorders
News
Humans
The ethics issue: Should we make everyone ‘normal’?
Features