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In his new book, a founding father of New Journalism skewers the father of modern linguistics, then proffers his own pseudo-language theory. Save your money—we set things straight in our just-published article on linguistics
Why the urge to pick on someone—in this case, another mouse—activates the brain’s reward system
Leaders in the field highlight the need for new career paths to accommodate a flood of PhDs
The daunting complexity of neurological disorders has begun to yield to methods that allow intensive scrutiny of genes and neural circuits
M.I.T.'s Robert Langer and team create a "second skin" that both delivers drugs and serves as a cosmetic
An exploration of the clinical testing of compounds intended to stop or slow the disease’s relentless progression years before the first symptoms of cognitive decline
Researchers have cultured a network of neurons responsible for processing higher-level mental functions
A Cambridge-led research team invents a method to look for drugs that could stop the leading cause of dementia at its earliest stages
A biologist remarks on the extraordinary similarity of male and female brains despite the persistence of binary behavioral styles
The Greengard Laboratory at The Rockefeller University has published research this year on Alzheimer's, major depression and Parkinson's
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