Researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon have for the first time managed to identify with an imaging technique ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Peering into the human brain has never been easy. For decades, neuroscientists have relied on heavy, expensive machines to measure blood flow and oxygen levels that reveal how the brain works. These ...

Not to ruin your high, but habitually smoking marijuana has been known to take a toll on the body. It can irritate the lungs, damage blood vessels and accelerate heart rate. Not to mention the ...

Though it accounts for just two percent of the body’s weight, the brain consumes a whopping 20% of its total energy. To get the energy it needs for more complicated tasks, the brain has evolved a ...