It may seem remarkable, but significant evidence shows that humans could learn this sound-based “superpower” with some practice.

A major study from scientists in China is shifting how we think about aging. The long-held belief that aging is a one-way ...

Neuroscientist Lucy L. Brown, Ph. D., and the late biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, Ph.D., are the writing team behind ...

A look back on notable scientific happenings and achievements at UCSB during the 2024-25 school year. On April 15, a furry visitor came to UC Santa Barbara but it wasn’t here for a tour. A black bear ...

Casey Chong with eight great cyberpunk movies that should be on your watchlist… Cyberpunk movies made their mark in the early ...

The motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex including the primary motor, premotor and supplementary motor cortices that is responsible for planning and executing actions. How different ...

“REM sleep is when your brain does some of its most important cleanup and memory storage work,” said co-corresponding author ...

A UNIGE team identifies a key brain region that abstracts spatial information from the senses, illuminating a fundamental ...

Read this article to find out why and how steroids such as dexamethasone are used – and withdrawn – in palliative care.

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for ...

It turns out that resisting temptation isn’t just a human – or even mammalian – skill. A new study has shown that cuttlefish, squishy sea creatures better known for shape-shifting camouflage, can pass ...

The premotor cortex is an area of the motor cortex just anterior to the primary cortex. Although like the primary motor cortex, it sends direct projections to the spinal cord, the premotor cortex ...