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With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

A four–amino acid peptide called CAQK has shown powerful brain-protective effects in animal models of traumatic brain injury. Delivered through a standard IV, it zeroes in on injured brain tissue, ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

A 29-year-old man has been arrested after police discovered him naked in a stormwater drain clutching a human head following ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

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A 1.5-million-year-old skull suggests Homo erectus evolved through a messy transition, with multiple human forms coexisting.

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A virtual reconstruction of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus skull from Ethiopia uncovers primitive facial features and ...

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Today, after receiving a gene therapy developed at the University of California San Diego, Natalie is thriving at 34 years ...