John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word 'cat' is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive ...

New research shows that the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites migrates toward blue light using a pulsed inflation ...

The University of Utah could lose $43.5 million this year in federal funding for medical research expenses — which support ...

Schools of blue fish that would scatter as I swam over them, brain corals sitting on the sea floor, thinking, and lavender fan coral gently waving in the surf. I saw a parrot fish with iridescent ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

Feb. 4, 2025 – Microplastics have been found in the brain, showing they can cross the blood-brain barrier, and the amounts of the tiny plastic bits inside our bodies appear to be increasing at a ...

Lobed tegumental glands are found only in terrestrial isopods and are thought to have evolved in response to challenges associated with life on land. By examining 30 terrestrial isopod species, we ...

The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study Sarah Kuta Daily ...

represented by the concept of brain energy, connectivity, and complexity. Band power ratios show that the anti-correlation of alpha and gamma waveforms can be observed in the occipital lobe. Brain ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Corals aren’t necessarily known for their fancy footwork — or even having feet. But scientists have ...