Where does ‘us versus them’ bias in the brain come from?
“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” — this line from George Orwell’s 1945 c...
neurology
New mRNA vaccine fights brain cancer in children by triggering attack from within
Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don’t respond to traditi...
Balancing two forms of SNCA protein could help manage Parkinson’s, study finds
Synuclein alpha (SNCA) is a mysterious protein. It’s present in healthy cells but we don’t know what...
Could the key to how good we are at maths be hidden in our brains?
In a scene from The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), a biopic of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan,...
Scientists find proof pain-sensing cells are either male or female
You finally got your hands on a new novel you’ve been wanting to read. You’re turning the crisp pape...
100 years of electroencephalography (EEG) in human medicine
The EEG is a marvel of physics and neurobiology that opens a simple window into the human brain. Thi...
As thoughts become digitised, who will protect our neurorights? | Explained
Neurotechnologies have come a long way since the development of electroencephalography (EEG). Invent...
Mice study claims to have found long COVID’s ‘real’ perpetrator
In scientific circles, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is well-known as a vasculopathic agent: a damager of blo...
Did animals develop complex brains to deal with challenging habitats?
“Most people are scared of them. Why would you want to look at something that’s scaly and has a cree...
Scientists map fruit fly brain in neurobiological milestone
Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the ent...
People with autism, ADHD likelier to have eating disorders: study
More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-thi...
