While tech titans contend that superintelligence will solve the loneliness crisis, we’re only just starting to understand the ...

The brain is not just shaped by books and puzzles; it thrives on movement. Research shows that simple body exercises can stimulate neurons, boost blood circulation, and release chemicals that ...

Unlike gonorrhea or low testosterone, touch starvation can’t be diagnosed with a blood draw, urine test, or brain scan. The ...

The heart of innovation lies not just in knowledge, but in the people who carry it forward, former Stanford University President John Hennessy has pointed out in a keynote speech tracing the arc of ...

Humans have the largest brain size relative to body size of any species, as well as an impressive ability to accumulate knowledge over time. And yet, the human brain is remarkably ... I'm sure it's ...

How does brain-computer interface ... It's not that simple. The field of genomics is one good example of this in which the early 2000s saw an explosion in our ability to record or read and decode the ...

One essential element that keeps us well is being active and moving our bodies, and in the darker seasons this can feel much harder to achieve and less tempting. And yet, this is exactly when we need ...

The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Ezra Klein to discuss how the left should think about the work of politics and persuasion ...

In 2021, a dish of living human brain cells figured out how to play the 1970s arcade game Pong. It took just five minutes for the collection of neurons, called DishBrain, to learn how to move the ...

Touch starvation, also called touch deprivation or skin hunger, refers to the longing for physical connection. Experts share how it impacts your health.

The musician and record producer Brian Eno delves into his experiments with ambient music, his thoughts on generative A.I.