When humans estimate the physical size of another person, they do not need to observe the entire body to make an accurate ...

A pioneering project has revealed the human body like never before, from entire organs down to cellular structures, with ...

For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

There is a deeper side to the brain which weaves your memories, goals, beliefs and emotions into a continuous sense of self.

This important cross-species study tests whether the corpus callosum contains parallel, segregated pathways for ipsilateral and contralateral visual-field information, rather than mixed inputs from ...

Brain size can matter across the broad sweep of primate evolution but among humans isn't the best way to estimate ...

Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in ...

Scientists have created the first detailed map of smell receptors in the nose, catching up with similar achievements in sight ...

At high power, laser light inside a multimode optical fiber is supposed to misbehave. The beam usually breaks into a noisy, ...

Researchers released the first detailed map of smell receptors in the nose, organized into horizontal stripes that mirror the ...

We appear to have more in common with our Neanderthal cousins than outward appearances would suggest. New research published ...

If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those differences probably ...