How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility.

If you’re not using AI tools like NotebookLM to capture knowledge fields and build out your own “brain,” you’re missing out in a big way. The idea of a “second brain” has inspired millions of people ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Princeton researchers found that a primate’s prefrontal cortex reuses modular “cognitive Legos” to solve related tasks, giving biological brains a flexibility that AI still lacks. The insight could ...