“We can’t actually build brains,” University of Sussex mathematical physics professor Thomas Nowotny told New Scientist.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...