The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the ...

Can a neural network be constructed entirely from DNA and yet learn in the same way as its silicon-based brethren? Recent breakthroughs indicate that the answer is affirmative, with a molecular ...

This work, combining behavioural genetics and calcium imaging, provides evidence for a form of learning in Drosophila that derives solely from direct or (optogenetically induced) phantom experience of ...

What drives social mobility? The answer matters to policymakers and families alike. A wave of highly publicized research has led public policy and public discussions astray. It claims that the ...

A network dedicated to early phase trials of treatments for children with brain cancer will be phased out. By Nina Agrawal A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in ...

John Malone helped create the modern media industry over the last half century. In a new memoir, “Born to Be Wired,” he looks back on what he has wrought. John Malone, a captain of the media industry ...