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The grip trashy reality shows hold on television may be about to be broken by a new wave of intelligent documentaries.

• 06 апреля 2016, 21:42

Research into brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and traumatic injury got a boost with a $100 million pledge from a US foundation and seven universities.

• 02 октября 2015, 15:24

Scientists in Britain removed and studied a rare tapeworm that lived in a man's brain for four years, researchers saidю

• 21 ноября 2014, 14:27

Babies adopted across international borders may not remember the language they heard in their first days, but the words leave a lasting mark on their minds.

• 18 ноября 2014, 12:45

People with autism have too many synapses according to a new study that may point to a treatment for the complex disorder.

• 23 августа 2014, 13:49

US scientists described new advances in making 3D brain-like tissue that allows real-time research on brain trauma, disease and recovery.

• 12 августа 2014, 10:45

Researchers unveiled a powerful new postage-stamp size chip delivering supercomputer performance using a process that mimics the human brain.

• 08 августа 2014, 14:30

Baby talk is more than just bonding: chatting with your infant spurs important brain development that sets the stage for lifelong learning.

• 14 февраля 2014, 16:06

A Canadian whose brain-dead pregnant wife is being kept on life support until the birth of their baby is giving the public a glimpse of his very personal tragedy.

• 04 февраля 2014, 13:34

The fetus being carried by a pregnant American woman already declared brain dead is "distinctly abnormal".

• 23 января 2014, 10:32

A naturally occurring hormone acts as spontaneous defense in the brain against the high caused by marijuana and could be useful in preventing addiction, researchers said Thursday.

• 04 января 2014, 13:28

Women aren't very good at reading maps, and men are incapable of multi-tasking.

• 04 декабря 2013, 10:45

A stunningly well-preserved skull from 1.8 million years ago offers new evidence that early man was a single species with a vast array of different looks.

• 19 октября 2013, 13:25

Years of training cause structural changes in a ballerina's brain that help her stay balanced in the pirouette, said a report Friday that may aid the treatment of chronic dizziness.

• 27 сентября 2013, 13:51

Scientists have a new lead on a possible treatment to slow Alzheimer's disease by targeting a protein involved in limiting flexibility in the aging brain.

• 20 сентября 2013, 17:47

Tiny brain lesions are vastly more common in US Air Force pilots who fly at high altitudes than in non-pilots.

• 21 августа 2013, 10:00

A class of drugs designed to lower blood pressure also slightly brakes the progression of dementia among the elderly and may even boost brain power marginally.

• 27 июля 2013, 11:02

Medical research that uses animals to test therapies for human brain disorders is often biased, claiming positive results and then failing in human trials.

• 18 июля 2013, 12:14

US regulators on Monday approved the first brain wave test for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, saying it may improve the accuracy of diagnoses by medical experts.

• 17 июля 2013, 10:48

Around 9.19 million people in China had dementia in 2010, compared with 3.68 million 20 years earlier, according to a study on Friday that throws a spotlight on an emerging health crisis.

• 07 июня 2013, 17:35