A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from the convergence of many biological abilities and cultural processes.

After years of work, cognition and neuroscience doctoral student Hailey Welch is—for the first time—the lead author of a ...

A global team leveraged one of the world’s fastest supercomputers to create the most detailed digital simulation of a mouse cortex ever produced.

Schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder that affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves, affects roughly 1% of the ...

Rice University Nov. 18 launched the Amyloid Mechanism and Disease Center, a new campus hub dedicated to uncovering the ...

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

Brooklyn Public Library launches a new initiative to support families, train librarians and strengthen early literacy across ...

Vagus nerve stimulation is a social-media sensation, promising instant stress relief. Here’s what the science really says ...

Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice, according ...

Supporters from across the region cheered as scissors snipped the commemorative ribbons in Woods Hole to celebrate Dr. James ...

It means Massachusetts leads with compassion—the same way we did on cannabis reform and overdose prevention.” By Jack ...