Digital distractions can undermine our focus, but research suggests that our inherent capacity to pay attention hasn’t ...

The degenerative brain disease that claimed CNN founder Ted Turner's life is likely more common than other rare but ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence supporting a mechanism in which transposable elements (TEs), once considered ...

Can artificial intelligence ever become truly conscious, or is it only imitating human behavior? In this TED Talk, ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting ...

The old metaphor of creativity being sparked makes it sound like there’s a creativity center in the brain that’s just waiting to kick things off. But brain scans of jazz improvisers point to a much ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio hour and author of the new book, "Body Electric." ...

Some scientists are wondering if we could mimic the energy-efficient processes of the human brain to improve AI systems. A new study successfully used an aerosol jet printer to create artificial ...

Civil rights attorney Shari Karney notes how DNA technology has solved a Ted Bundy case after 50 years, providing closure to ...

Summary: Researchers mapped a critical neural pathway that regulates how the body responds to dietary changes. The study centers on a liver hormone called FGF21. While it was previously thought that ...

Surgery 'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works Health Surgery performed on a baby in the womb, a rogue ...

Last week, Imperial College London, in collaboration with Nature, hosted a conference on a subject that’s rarely talked about in science: failure. The success of a conference on failure didn’t go ...