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A new study begins to unpack an understudied aspect of brain biology and Alzheimer's disease.

A look at our ‘junk DNA’ shows fossil viruses could play an important function

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As evidence mounts that devices are sparking a mental health crisis in young people, ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne says he thinks smartphone sales should be banned for under 16s. Helen Coffey asks whether social media and tech are really to blame – and what parents can do…

A major milestone has now been reached with one million claims approved by the VA, giving veterans access to healthcare after burn pits exposure made them sick. Veterans and advocates tell Gustaf Kilander about the years of ‘gaslighting’ before they got to this point– and what needs to happen next

The US startup Neuralink, which recently implanted one of its chips into the brain of a young quadriplegic man for the first time, has been forced to halt the trial. The company, co-founded by Elon Musk, encountered issues just a few weeks after the operation but has already received FDA…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated the GPT-5 model will function like a "virtual brain" suggesting that it might be better, faster, and more efficient at handling tasks with deeper thinking capabilities compared to its predecessors.

The microbes that live in your gut are having their moment in the sun. But what about the ones in your brain?

It’s crucial for healthy child development that children can form secure attachment bonds with their parents. Decades of research identified one key ingredient for this process: the coordination of parents’ and children’s brains and behaviour during social interactions.

The complaint focuses around ‘misleading’ and ‘deceptive’ advertising on a Joe Rogan-promoted health product

The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. They remain central to debates about the nature of the genus Homo (the broad biological classification that humans and their relatives fall into). Neanderthals are also vital for understanding the uniqueness or otherwise of our species, Homo sapiens.

A middle-aged American man with no previous medical history was found unconscious in his hotel room, with “unidentified crushed pills and a white residue” on a nearby table, according to a recent paper in BMJ Case Reports. White powder was visible around the man’s mouth.