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A study of postmortem brain tissue donated by 338 former NFL players reveals that at least 24.5 percent of those who died ...

Everyone knows the number. Eight hours. It sits on wellness dashboards, on pediatric handouts, on the label of the melatonin ...

Poor sleep quality has been linked to cognitive decline, neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. A new ...

For an experienced reader, recognising the words on this page feels effortless. Yet, evolutionarily speaking, your brain ...

A study found that people with more severe cognitive decline had changes to nerve fibres and myelin – the protective coating ...

Quantum computing was supposed to be the next big thing, and for years the companies building it kept promising commercial ...

Animals don't just urinate to get stuff they don't want inside their bodies outside their bodies. Some use it as part of ...

Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls Very Low Birth Weight Linked to Reduced Executive Function as an Adult Being born pre-term (before 37 weeks of development) at a very low birth weight (less ...

Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more ...

For an experienced reader, recognising the words on this page feels effortless. Yet, evolutionarily speaking, your brain shouldn’t be able to read. Reading has existed for too ...