Researchers found a hidden mathematical rule in tree-like art. Branch thickness follows a predictable ratio, making trees recognizable.

New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...