Neuroscience

It's long been theorized that consuming certain types of fiction makes a person more empathetic; for example, a recent study showed...

In what sounds like a mixture of The Matrix and Limitless, DARPA has created a device that can be implanted directly into the brain,...

The program can predict the onset of psychosis with 100% accuracy.

The “brain in a jar” scenario, in which a mad scientist disembodies a person's brain and connects it to a simulated reality, is...

"I'm busy right now, Siri."

Scientists are creating devices that can shock your brain into working harder.

He also suggests putting violent criminals in the Matrix for the rest of their lives.

A team of researchers at Harvard just figured out how to "cyborgize" mice brains.

Acclaimed Star Trek writer Morgan Gendel tells the Brooklyn Futurist group that the Next Generation episode "Inner Light" predicted...

An amazing art installation in San Francisco allows you to make robotic flowers blossom with your mind.

Scientists implant a neuroprosthesis into blind rats' brains that allows them to navigate a maze using "psychic GPS" signals.

Remember in Frankenstein, when building a person from parts of different bodies was a really great idea? Neuroscientist Sergio...

Following the success of works like The Walking Dead, 28 Days Later, and World War Z, zombies have seen something of a renaissance in...

Futuristic artist Lisa Park created an installation in which she can control the vibrational movements of water pools using her...

Swiss scientists have built a device that allows humans to determine gene expression using only the power of thought. Their experiment...

The relationship between humans and technology took a strange turn today when two studies were released, one which detailed humans...

Can the brain be explained as a series of graphs? According to Danielle Bassett, who is the youngest MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship...

On Star Trek, Dr. Leonard McCoy used a "neural stimulator," a small instrument that was used to stimulate specific areas of the...

One of the most significant questions in philosophy is that of the potential incompatibility between predeterminism and free will. The...

The direction of human evolution is unclear; depending on whom you ask, there are trends towards a superintelligent new species of...