Jon Hamilton
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A growing number of prominent U.S. scientists are taking jobs in other countries, including the U.K. They say Trump's impact on U.S. science funding is a factor.
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One of the world's leading brain research labs is switching from fruit flies to a tiny, transparent fish. The goal is to observe an entire animal's brain at work.
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A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development. -
After spending two decades studying how the brain works, a team of scientists prepares to focus on gene therapy treatments for brain diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
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The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it breaks. -
Scientists are learning how the brain extracts discrete words from a continuous stream of sounds.
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Scientists have developed an artificial hearing system that harnesses the brain's ability to amplify certain sounds while suppressing others. It could lead to better hearing aids.
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A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image.
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A network of families riddled with Alzheimer's has given scientists a unique window on the disease. But the group's future is uncertain amid funding cuts by the Trump Administration.
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An independent group of experts plans to offer an alternative to the Trump administration's autism agenda. The group features prominent scientists who used to serve on a federal advisory committee.
