In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

A hidden waste-removal pathway in the brain has finally been caught in action. Using cutting-edge MRI scans, researchers ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Launching March 23, 2026, Manja Horner’s book reveals how trades companies can capture retiring experts’ knowledge and train the next generation faster. Not only are we losing the head count; we’re ...

In a world first, China has approved a brain implant for commercial use in people with spinal cord injuries. The device is a type of brain-computer interface (BCI) and is made by the Shanghai-based ...

Months into his second term, Trump moved to block American academic and scientific institutions from accepting foreign students, affecting undergraduates, medical, and PhD candidates. Analysts are ...

The term “brain tumor” carries a particularly scary connotation. And if you’re a fan of TV medical dramas, you may think they’re quite common. However, less than 1% of Americans are living with a ...

A leading Australian university has recruited more than a dozen academic researchers away from the United States amid widespread concern that the Trump administration’s hostile stance toward higher ...

Expert birdwatchers have brain differences that may underlie their remarkable ability to identify unfamiliar birds and suggest that birdwatching can reshape the brain in much the same way as learning ...

For years, New Mexico’s talent pipeline has been framed by a familiar worry: “brain drain.” The prevailing assumption was that our most talented students and early-career professionals would earn ...

In November 2023 and more than 15 billion miles from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, started sending gibberish back to mission control. The signals received from Voyager are only one ...