From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst. Water is the most fundamental need for all life on Earth. Not every ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." These days, getting older no longer means slowing down. With the right lifestyle strategies, it's ...

TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s back-to-school time, and young athletes are preparing to hit the field once more for their school or college. However, participation in contact sports ...

Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine explores the ways brain cells communicate, revealing fresh insight into the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine explores the ways brain cells communicate, revealing fresh insight into the progression of ...

Eric Idle has declared there is "no hope" of a Monty Python reunion, after revealing a long-simmering rift with fellow comedy giant John Cleese that has left the pair estranged and fans heartbroken, ...

When someone has a stroke — a leading worldwide cause of death and disability — time is of the essence. Almost nine out of 10 cases are ischemic strokes, caused by restricted blood flow in the brain, ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

You might know him from A Fish Called Wanda, Fawlty Towers, or Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Maybe you remember him as Q in the James Bond 007 films, or as Nearly Headless Nick in Harry Potter and the ...

The last thing the stock market wants right now is a government shutdown. Here’s why. U.S. citizen files claim for $50 million in damages after federal agents raid his business Northern California ...

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But ...