UC Santa Cruz researchers are exploring how brains learn, adapt, and improve, which could help us better understand and address neurological conditions.

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a long-standing, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical ...

Meta's Threads has now reportedly surpassed its rival X (formerly Twitter) in daily mobile usage globally. Market intelligence firm Similarweb (via TechCrunch) reports that Threads recorded 141.5 ...

Meta’s Threads has reportedly surpassed X in total active users, driven by rapid organic growth and seamless Instagram integration. Threads is chipping away at X’s dominance in real-time news and ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only in the past few years, don’t need one to sleep. The animals do, however, ...

In a little over ten years, organoid models – miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs – have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network breakdown—offering a new roadmap for how our brains evolve. Colored diffusion ...

Tijl Grootswagers receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Sophie Smit does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

Threads is working on new features that could make the text-based social network a bit more audio-friendly. Starting today, Threads is rolling out some new features for sharing podcasts and podcast ...

An artificial neuron has been developed that could help scientists to build compact, energy-efficient computers inspired by the human brain 1. Computing systems that mimic biological neural networks ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- "Battle of the Brains," a weekly academic challenge that brings together teams of students from across Central Virginia's communities, airs Saturdays at 10 a.m. on WTVR CBS 6. You can ...