What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

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In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with ...

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Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

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According to the experts, humans will look a lot more uniform in the future. They predict the average person will have darker ...

Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body, including blood, breast milk, testicles, heart tissue, lung ...

The use of e-cigarettes among adolescents is on the rise. E-cigs, as they are often called, are now the most commonly used ...

Microplastics are everywhere. Now, a new study says the average human brain may contain a spoonful of plastic.

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.