Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Luis E. Romero is an entrepreneur, author and speaker. Elon Musk's Neuralink has taken remarkable steps toward realizing a future ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, describe how optogenetic control of brain cells and circuits is already steering ...