neuroscience

Joel Salinas can literally feel his patients' pain. But as scientists are learning, there's more to empathy than just mirroring someone else.

This week in science: a lot of people don't feel much when they take CBD, the effects of microdosing, and what goes on in the brains of people with nightmare disorder.

This week in science: genetically modified, drug-producing chickens, the health benefits of being a morning person, and using artificial intelligence to read minds.

"It actually feels better when someone else is touching you."

The answers ranged from swimming to riding a horse to getting a tattoo.

It’s the first time that brain organoids have spontaneously produced brain waves similar to human brain activity.

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Dating back 73,000 years, the drawing smashes the record for oldest figurative drawing by about 30,000 years.

"Your memory is really your identity. Your own history, your own desires, your own fears."

I have a legitimate problem with repeat listens, so I called a music professor and brain scientist for answers.

A new study shows how men's brains are geared towards selfishness, and women's brains towards kindness.

The human brain is capable of great things, just not this.