brains
Cracking the Cranial Vault: What It Feels Like to Perform Brain Surgery
It was my first time peeling down scalp and opening the skull of living human, a thrill unlike any other.
Dogs Can Actually Understand What You're Saying to Them, Study Says
You aren't tricking your dog when you talk about the vet in an excitable tone.
The Rare Condition That Makes You Instantly Forget What Friends and Lovers Look Like
With a rare neurological condition called aphantasia, my inner thoughts are only vague sounds and facts—no pictures, tastes, textures, or smells.
I Have a Rare Visual Disorder That’s Like Being on Shrooms All the Time
"It's a really unique kind of brain problem," says neurologist Dr. Jason Barton.
How Cannibals Might Cure Degenerative Brain Diseases
The Kore tribe in Papua New Guinea ate its dead during a prion epidemic called kuru. Eventually, many of the cannibals developed a resistance to kuru altogether.
There Is Now a Brain Implant that Can Control Emotions Wirelessly
But can human beings be trusted to be in complete control over their emotional reality?
100 Pickled Brains Have 'Gone Missing' from a University
How do you steal 100 brains? The logistics alone boggle the mind.
Curing Meth Addiction One Deleted Memory at a Time
Researchers are working on a drug that would wipe out memories associated with drug use.