How do teen brains react to movie violence? It depends on whether the violence is justified or not, according to new research.

Watching the way rat brains replay their memories forward and backward while making a decision let researchers predict what it would decide.

New treatments may result from identifying a likely culprit behind the brain build-up that ties all neurodegenerative diseases together.

"Until we can understand each component, we can't expect to take the brain apart and put it back together again in order to figure out how it works."

A new tool works just as well—and in some cases better—than clinicians at using patient history to identify periods of heightened epilepsy seizure risk.

Hurricane rains that come once winds subside may actually have more intensity than when the storm is at its strongest.

Exposure to cadmium could speed up cognitive impairment, but it's even worse for people with a gene key to Alzheimer's disease.

A tiny termite might see an elephant's foot as a threat but losing herbivores to hunting may cause even more problems for them.

An expert in what makes food taste good or bad explains how other people and even Thanksgiving itself can affect how we perceive taste.

An expert in what makes food taste good or bad explains how other people and even Thanksgiving itself can affect how we perceive taste.