RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 09 October 2026 The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life Older apes’ brains are just as big as those of younger apes. Credit: Anup Shah/Nature Picture Library In humans, the brain tends to start losing weight at around the age of
A detailed brain map describes gene activity in neurons (artist’s illustration) as well as immune and vascular cells in the prefrontal cortex.Credit: PASIEKA/SPL/Getty Researchers have produced the largest map to date of gene activity in the human prefrontal cortex1, a brain area that supports planning, decision-making and behavioural and emotional regulation. The landmark map draws
As anyone reading this probably knows, the Bad Brains were one of the most important punk-rock bands of all time, Washington D.C.-bred pioneers of the sound that became hardcore. While they were a complete anomaly at the time — four Black dudes in an overwhelmingly white music scene who seasoned their blistering rock songs with
A biological computing startup that uses neural patterns from rat brain cells to build artificial intelligence just got a major boost from Amazon. Starting Tuesday, select Amazon Web Services customers will gain access to The Biological Computing Company’s “rat brain” AI model as part of a limited preview. The startup’s technology is specifically designed to
Sit, stay, roll over, come, fetch, and no. All common commands that responsible dog owners use to train and communicate with their pets. When a dog hears the word “no” there is potentially much more going on inside their minds than just stopping an unwanted (and sometimes dangerous) behavior. When dogs restrain their behavior, their
Anchor tries to close that gap. Users can zoom from the entire brainstem seen on the MRI to individual neurons while maintaining their precise spatial relationships. The researchers have made the atlas freely available online., externalhoping it will become a reference tool for neuroscientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons around the world. Its applications could also extend
