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Scientists who studied a small, transparent fish believe the way humans sleep could have evolved 450 million years ago.

Deep sleep and REM sleep could be universal among vertebrates, stretching 450 million years back in evolutionary time.

MIT Technology Review announced their '35 Innovators Under 35' list and Guosong Hong is on that list.

Concussion researchers have long suggested that damage to the corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerves that connects the brain's two halves, could result in some common side effects of concussion, like dizziness or vision problems. The assumption is stra

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Stanford neuroscientist Jamil Zaki’s new book, “The War for Kindness: Building empathy in a fractured world,” makes a powerful case for kindness and empathy — not only because they make the world a better place, but because they help us, too.

The phrase can’t remotely capture our ever-shifting digital experience, social scientists say. Say hello to the “screenome.”

Ten Researchers Selected to Receive $6M in Total Science Funding for Cutting-edge Research

A stroke in 2010 left former Stanford professor Debra Meyerson having to learn to walk again, while speech remains difficult.

For people, the link between pain and emotion is a good thing. But sometimes it can also be destructive, says Beth Darnall, a psychologist at Stanford University.

Blocking an immune-related molecule lodged in blood vessels stops memory loss

Scientists have shown that delivering blood from an old mouse into a young mouse or vice versa prompts a sort of “Freaky Friday” effect: The brains of the young mice exposed to the old blood lose vitality, while the young blood rejuvenates some brain func

Genetic and molecular analysis of 109 volunteers turned up hidden health problems in about half of them. Critics say the approach amounted to ‘carpet-bombing’ the body.

Millions of Americans take millions of sleeping pills every year — a sign, many experts say, that human beings weren’t designed to live in a wired world of constant stimulation.

The ear is like a biological equivalent of a USB port.

Do you know how much time has passed since you started reading this mystery?

Devices tucked inside your ears will make technology more personal than ever before.

University’s M.B.A. program seeks new revenue by offering popular emotional intelligence course to working people; ‘This isn’t therapy’

Opposite approaches to altering the activity of vasopressin in the brain improved some social deficits in people with autism.

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