One alternative has been to implant human neural stem cells into the brains of another species, where they’ll generally ...

Scientists discovered that brain-cell axons may not be smooth tubes as textbooks have shown for more than a century, but instead naturally resemble strings of tiny pearls. Those pearl-like structures ...

Netizens asked adults what their parents did that turned out to be low-key genius. The answers say more about what actually shapes a person than most parenting books ever will. From enforced chores ...

Mitochondria—tiny structures that convert nutrients into energy—are often depicted as discrete kidney bean-shaped objects. But in reality, they form a dynamic, interconnected network throughout the ...

Scientists have grown human brain tissue to fill most of a mouse’s cortex, creating a new model for studying brain disease ...

For decades, many scientists have thought that a single type of starter cell gives rise to the entire brain. But experiments now challenge that fundamental picture, providing evidence that it takes ...

Human ‘mini brains’ mesh with mouse minds to form active neural circuits The technique opens new possibilities for ...