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Advanced brain implants are offering new hope to help individuals with severe neurological injuries speak again.

Brain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice

New research reveals that the human brain can process language and anticipate words even under general anesthesia.

Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness

Cardiologists recommend routinely prescribing exercise as a foundational treatment to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease.

Exercise should be prescribed as a core component of cardiovascular care, say researchers

Ketamine eases pain independently from dissociation, showing pain relief and altered consciousness operate via separate brain pathways.

Ketamine relieves pain without 'disconnecting' consciousness, study finds

Evolutionary researchers suggest ancient aquatic foraging may explain how humans developed their exceptional physical stamina.

A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance

Gentle exercise may help reset cellular recycling patterns to keep aging cells healthier.

Scientists discover a surprising paradox in how our cells age

Brain imaging reveals how psilocybin and meditation interact to reshape neural patterns linked to self-awareness.

One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.

Major political disruptions and pandemic lockdowns caused lasting mental health declines across the United Kingdom.

How political upheaval and the pandemic shaped UK mental health

A new experimental drug eliminates dangerous internal belly fat cells rather than just shrinking them.

An experimental drug kills fat cells, rather than shrinking them

Just one week of resistance workouts can activate fat-burning pathways and shrink deep visceral fat cells.

Just 7 days of strength training started shrinking fat cells in mice

Rising extreme heat poses severe health threats to older adults beyond simple discomfort.

New analysis underscores the rising threat of extreme heat to older adults

New research reveals how pregnancy and motherhood physically reshape the maternal brain.

‘A Mother’s Brain’ explores the neuroscience of motherhood

Colorectal cancer cases are rising rapidly among young adults and often diagnosed at late stages.

Colorectal cancer is rising in young people and often found too late

The discovery of light-controlled brain stimulation has earned a Nobel Prize for its impact on neuroscience.

Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

Eating a diet rich in berries and poultry may slow brain aging by up to two and a half years.

This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years

A noninvasive magnetic therapy headset may help improve cognitive function and mood for people suffering from long COVID.

Magnetic therapy headset shows improved cognitive function and mood in people with long COVID

New research reveals how the brain's visual cortex builds its complex neural networks during early development.

How the visual cortex wires itself—targeted from the start, refined over time

Eating less protein during early development stages can lead to a longer lifespan, according to fruit fly research.

Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies

Advanced brain implants and artificial intelligence are helping people who lost their speech find their voices again.

‘The Deep End’ podcast is back to explore what makes your voice yours

Drinking coffee may improve your mood and brain function by favorably altering your gut microbiome.

Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain

Researchers discovered a consensus-building mechanism in the brain that helps resolve conflicting visual inputs into a single unified view.

When what you see doesn’t make sense, your brain does something remarkable

Specialized MRI scans can detect cortical thickening linked to Alzheimer's disease up to seven years before symptoms appear.

MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance

An innovative artificial intelligence tool detects hidden biological signals in the gut microbiome to help diagnose diseases much earlier.

AI tool finds biological signals in the gut microbiome that other methods miss, may flag early signs of disease

Researchers have identified rare, highly connected brain cells that appear responsible for triggering the transition into sleep.

Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep

A new discovery could help older adults preserve vital muscle strength to stay active and independent as they age.

Changing the way we age: Discovery could help preserve muscle strength

Even if coffee does not keep you awake, caffeine can still disrupt your deep sleep and reduce nighttime recovery.

Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep

A delightful new foraging cookbook makes identifying and eating wild plants safe, approachable, and fun.

‘Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!’ is a joyous guide to eating wild plants

Learning a second language provides significant cognitive benefits and serves as an effective way to keep your brain healthy.

Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy

Exposure to a common household plasticizer during pregnancy is linked to higher autism and ADHD symptoms in children.

Plasticizer exposure during pregnancy linked to increased autism- and ADHD-related symptoms in children

A natural compound produced by gut bacteria after digesting berries and walnuts may help repair and protect the intestinal lining.

Scientists find a natural gut compound that helps heal the intestine

Researchers have successfully grown human brain cells to replace a significant portion of a mouse's cortex.

Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex

Scientists have grown human brain tissue inside mice to create a new model for studying neural circuits and brain disease.

These mice have human (nerve cells) on the brain

Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods could adversely affect your brain health.

Where you live may influence your brain health

Accelerated biological aging in younger generations may explain the rising rates of early-onset cancers.

Cancer is rising in younger adults. Faster biological aging may help explain why

An experimental compound that strengthens both bones and muscles could help combat age-related decline.

Scientists find a bone-building switch that could fight osteoporosis

Wild chickadees with higher cognitive abilities also boast healthier gut bacteria and greater reproductive success.

Winter work shows it really pays to be a smart mountain chickadee

Measuring brain activity could explain how negative, depression-related thoughts become automatic habits over time.

Neural response measurements may offer new clues to how depression-related thoughts become automatic

New research reveals that brain cell structures involved in memory are much more fluid and diverse than previously thought.

The stepping stones of memory are more fluid than once thought

Changes in the diet of farmed salmon may be making the fish less nutritious than it used to be.

Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests

Scientists have linked over one thousand genetic variants to both personality traits and long-term health outcomes like longevity.

Your personality may be more genetic than scientists realized

Blocking a single immune receptor in mice helped reverse aging in their organs, muscles, and memory.

One immune switch may help drive aging across the body

Severe illness during pregnancy may alter fetal brain development and increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions.

How severe illness during pregnancy sometimes alters neurodevelopment

Researchers still do not know if splitting your sleep into two blocks by napping is healthy.

To nap or not to nap? Science is still waking up to the question

A ten-year study identified three distinct body mass index trajectories in people with type 2 diabetes.

Three distinct BMI trajectories identified in people with type 2 diabetes

Dementia risk remains strongly shaped by sex, race, and genetics even for those who live past ninety.

Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear

New research shows how practice helps the brain reorganize itself to overcome multitasking bottlenecks and improve cognitive efficiency.

Practice helps the brain separate tasks and improve multitasking ability

Eating more ultra-processed foods is linked to a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer in men.

Eating more ultra-processed foods may raise prostate cancer risk by 30%

Hibernating mice lose and regrow memory connections, revealing how key brain hubs help memories survive the winter.

How memories may survive hibernation

A new study shows that your ability to sense internal body signals does not predict your mental health.

Internal body awareness does not predict mental health, study finds

Common medications like antidepressants and beta-blockers can alter your gut microbiome for years after you stop taking them.

Common medications may change your gut for years