Paul and Earl Hudson were born to a Jamaican mother and an American father who worked as a mechanic for the U.S. Air Force, and they moved all over the country before settling down in Washington, D.C.

The explosive power of D.C. punk rockers Bad Brains is legendary, and newly discovered live recordings from 45 years ago are adding to the legend. In a full-circle moment, the soon-to-be released ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

A new study may challenge what we thought we knew about brain aging. Scientists have discovered that men’s brains shrink faster than women’s as they grow older, even though women are more likely to ...

How do we go from sound asleep to awake in the blink of an eye? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you wake up in the morning, ...

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive. It is vital these mini-brains remain healthy, ...

During ageing, men experience a greater reduction in volume across more regions of the brain than women do, according to a longitudinal study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our energy and accounting for an outsize portion of our anatomy compared with most other animals.

Babies start processing language before they are born, a new study suggests. A research team in Montreal has found that newborns who had heard short stories in foreign languages while in the womb ...

This is the first in a two-part series exploring why rest can feel threatening for driven women with relational trauma histories—and what your nervous system is actually trying to protect you from.