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Health
Doctors Remove Fetus from Brain of 1-Year-Old
A fetus was discovered in the brain of a one year old child in a very unusual occurrence that was reported by doctors in Florida. After seeing symptoms like delayed development of motor skills, an increased head circumference, and...
Science
World’s Oldest Preserved Brain Found in Prehistoric Fish Fossil
The world's oldest preserved brain was found in a 319 million-year-old fish fossil, British scientists announced recently.
The fossilized Coccocephalus wildi was found in a coal mine in the British region of Lancashire more than a century ago and had...
Science
AI Can Now Decode Speech From Brain Activity
With astonishing but still imperfect accuracy, artificial intelligence (AI) can decode words and sentences from brain activity.
AI makes an estimate as to what a person has heard based on a few seconds worth of brain activity data. In a...
Archaeology
New Study Shows Humans Differ From Neanderthals Due to Growing Brains
A new scientific study suggests that human brains make more neural connections during development, a phenomenon that leads to growing brains and differentiates us from Neanderthals.
Scientists have always pondered what makes humans a special species with some suggesting it's...
Science
Human Brain Cells Learn Faster Than AI Study Finds
Researchers have recently taught human brain cells in a petri dish to play the retro videogame Pong faster than artificial intelligence (AI).
Scientists created what they dubbed the "cyborg brain" in order to measure biological neurons against AI. This "brain"...
Celebrities
Bruce Willis Gives Up Acting After Brain Condition Diagnosis
Bruce Willis, 67, has been diagnosed with aphasia a brain condition that affects his ability to understand language and will be stepping away from acting, his family announced on Wednesday.
In a statement posted to social media, his family said:...
Health
Mild Covid Could Age Brain Up to Ten Years, New Study Finds
Survivors of Covid-19, even those who had just mild cases of the virus, can lose gray matter in their brains equivalent to ten years of aging, a new study says.
The study, which was published on Monday in the journal...
Health
One Alcoholic Drink a Day Linked With Smaller Brain, Study Says
Alcohol and the human brain don't have a healthy relationship.
People who drink heavily undergo alterations in brain structure and size, both of which are associated with cognitive impairments, a new study released on Friday suggests.
Even modest alcohol consumption, which...
Music
Some Neurons in the Brain Selectively Respond Only to Sound of Singing
Scientists on Tuesday announced they had found an unexpected response to singing in the brain, suggesting particular groups of neurons appear to respond selectively to these particular sound.
In a Current Biology journal article, a team of scientists in the...
Medicine
Brain Scan Suggests We Play a “Last Recall” of Life Events Before Death
In the first ever recording of a dying brain, scientists say we may actually relive our most important life events just before death, a University of Louisville research paper suggests.
Published on Tuesday, the paper recounts how scientists accidentally captured...