Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

At first glance, the idea of investigating whether dogs can talk might sound frivolous, if not downright silly, but the researchers insist there’s deep scientific worth in their study. They believe ...

Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man's best friend into intelligible speech—a kind of ...

ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., developer of the ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® platform, today announced the publication of a new peer-reviewed scientific study titled “A Comparison of Whole Brain Dose ...

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The ability to detect vocal sounds, and the more specialized skill of recognizing calls from one's own species, is supported by evolutionarily ancient brain mechanisms, according to a new study from ...

Neurons and glial cells are like dance partners in the brain, coordinating moves that shape how signals flow and how excitable neurons become. Astrocytes, star-shaped glial cells, can reshape ...

Mass General Brigham researchers compared data from more than 75,000 adults with TBI to a control group of the same size. They studied the patients over 24 years and observed how many developed brain ...

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population declined by nearly 1.5 million. By Miriam Jordan Miriam Jordan is a national ...

Wolf-dog hybrids are bred by crossing domestic dogs with wolves, sometimes just a few generations back. They carry physical traits and instincts that set them far apart from standard breeds. These ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...