Although the terms brain pliability, brain plasticity, and neuroplasticity are closely tied to the 20th century, the concepts ...

Origins Scientists Use A.I. to Mimic the Mind, Warts and All To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions.

Scientists discovered a potential third state of life, where dead cells reorganize into conscious-like forms—challenging what it means to be alive.

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.

Comment The best science fiction books of 2025 so far From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks ...

Scientists have found evidence that the human brain, of all things, possesses faint luminescent properties.

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level ...

Trump’s science order faces scrutiny from scientists and lawmakers Critics are raising alarms over the Restoring Gold Standard Science executive order, saying the updated guidelines could weaken ...

Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.

A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus does have its own internal heat—an advance that not only informs NASA ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor ...

In the French city of Marseille, a university's ambitions to poach American scientists could mask broader tensions over funding in Europe.