“We can’t actually build brains,” University of Sussex mathematical physics professor Thomas Nowotny told New Scientist.

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Genes play a powerful role in shaping your health—you won’t believe how your DNA influences everything from ADHD to Parkinson’s disease. Here’s what groundbreaking research reveals about the ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Compared to other large primates, humans have unusually big brains. Now, scientists have suggested that the large size of our brains may have been influenced by the gut microbiome. The microbes in the ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...