What Is Imagination?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Y"our imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming...
New Insights Treating Rare Type of Alzheimer’s Disease
In a recent article published in Nature, Randall Bateman and colleagues report new insights into the effect of treatment in patients with inherited Alzheimer's.
Mind the Gut: How Our Guest Bacteria Health Affects Our Brain
We are not alone, and we don't need to search further away on another planet. An entire community of microorganisms live inside our gut,...
Clever neural networks – artificial and biological
"A meticulous virtual copy of the human brain would enable basic research on brain cells and circuits or computer-based drug trials"
Henry Markram
What...
Motion Sickness On A Board
The Industrial Revolution changed our lifestyle. It made it possible to cross long distances faster than ever before. However, some people did not fully...
The Science Behind Falling in Love
Cupid's Arrow strikes suddenly and unexpectedly. Starry eyes, butterflies fluttering in the stomach, sleeplessness, and overwhelming joy. We fall in love. And the real...
Fear, our Primitive Friend
Fear is one of the oldest — in some forms, as old as sentient life on Earth itself—and most primitive emotions of all, designed...
Light, the Brain Stimulator
In the era of COVID-19 pandemic, isolation and social distancing can take a toll on mental health. When neurons stop working correctly, people can...
How do Neurons Speak to Each Other?
Human brains can solve sophisticated tasks within milliseconds, much faster than the fastest modern computers. But how can the brain be so quick? The secret of fast signals and image processing depends on coding and decoding rules. The construction of the brain’s software is the subject of an ongoing debate in neuroscience.
In Alzheimer’s Disease, Faulty Tau Spreads Rapidly But Is Not Toxic at First
The accumulation of misfolded tau proteins in the brain is one hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, have...