Inside the Backrooms: The internet’s creepiest place is becoming a tourist attraction
What if you could visit a place that does not exist on any map? A place whispered about online as though it sits just beyond the edges...
A hidden Alzheimer’s tipping point may decide who gets dementia
Researchers from VIB, KU Leuven, the UK-DRI and Muna Therapeutics, with funding that included support from ERC, have identified a major...
Oral GLP-1 drugs may quiet the brain’s food craving circuit
Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications such as semaglutide and Ozempic belong to a broader group known as GLP-1 drugs. A study fu...
Superagers keep youthful memories but their DNA does not explain why
Many people expect memory to fade as a normal part of aging. Yet some older adults, called SuperAgers, reach their 80s and 90s with mem...
A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hours
A UCLA Health study in mice has found that inflammation during pregnancy can produce lasting autism-like changes in offspring. The rese...
APOE2 may protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and aging
People who carry the APOE2 form of the apolipoprotein E gene tend to live longer and have a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. Scientis...
Scientists discover the hidden brain switch that assigns bees their jobs
Scientists have identified brain circuits that help determine which jobs worker bees perform inside a colony. Biologists from Heinrich ...
Lab-grown mini brains may predict which Alzheimer’s treatments will work
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found new evidence that small clusters of brain tissue grown from the cells of people with Al...
Magic mushrooms may reshape the brain long after the trip ends
A single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in magic mushrooms, may produce physical changes in the brain that remain detect...
Watching too much TV in midlife may shrink the brain
"Turn off that TV, it'll rot your brain!" has been repeated in households for generations. The word "rot" is clearly an exaggeration, b...