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MIT's rocket scientists have teamed up with a brain-injury expert in the military to show that a face shield could block much of the blast waves from roadside bombs, boosting protection for U.S. soldiers.

Teenagers respond differently to drugs than adults, and early use may lead to long-lasting effects on brain development, according ...

Walking about 6 miles a week appears to protect against brain shrinkage in old age, which in turn helps stem the onset of memory problems and ...

A new study suggests that concussions and head trauma can cause degenerative diseases similar to A.L.S. and that Lou Gehrig may not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Menstrual cramps are often dismissed as a mere nuisance, but new research suggests the monthly misery may be altering women's brains.

In the fight against memory loss, nothing is certain, doctors say. A seemingly steady stream of new research purports to show supplements' and vitamins' promise in preventing or slowing cognitive decline, but in reality no hard evidence supports taking any of them. At the same time, such supplements have been proved safe, barring drug interactions and other complications, so some doctors recommend trying them anyway.

A new study raises questions about the cognitive usefulness of brain-training computer games.

A shrunken brain may potentially lie inside the fossil skull of a newfound candidate for the immediate ancestor to the human lineage, researchers now reveal. This new species, dubbed Australopithecus sediba, was accidentally discovered in South Africa by the 9-year-old son of a scientist. Two members of this hominid were introduced to the world last week — a juvenile male and an adult female, who might have known each other in life and who could have met their demise by falling into the remains of the cave where they were discovered.

Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too....

For the longest time neuroscientists thought of the brain as genetically hardwired, and formed, and finalized in childhood.