Exercise does more than strengthen muscles; it also rewires the brain. In a study publishing February 12 in the Cell Press ...

The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces - in a process known as endocytosis that is ...

The Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots are the teams in Super Bowl LX. The matchup has been settling in my head for more than a day, and I still can't fully wrap my mind around it. Both the ...

Harvard University is providing seven free online courses in data science, each running for eight to nine weeks and requiring one to two hours of study per week. Applications are open until June 17, ...

SWIM campaigners are delighted that all Scots kids will now get free lessons — but the next challenge is keeping our pools afloat. In this month’s Budget, Shona Robison announced universal free ...

The cost of child care is at an all-time high. The typical American family with young kids now spends more on child care than housing. In most of the developed world, the government pays for child ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at an agency town hall Dec. 18, the day after he was sworn in as administrator. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls It took a year, but the Jared Isaacman era at NASA ...

Little Havana’s Ball & Chain keeps salsa alive with free dance lessons In Miami’s Little Havana, the rhythm of salsa isn’t just something you hear — it’s something you become. MIAMI — In Miami’s ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...

Some students in Ana Belen Abadias’ and Kimberly Ramacho’s second-grade classes at North Elementary School never experienced being in a swimming pool or Lake Michigan, but they got their chance as ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...