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Increased muscle fat may be a novel risk factor for cognitive decline in older adults, new research suggests.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and UCLA Health have uncovered more information on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. They found that deep brain stimulation applied during the deepest sleep cycle improves the brain’s ability to make memories.

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of brain cancer, causing significant decline in cognitive function. New research suggests a common anti-seizure drug could help control tumor growth.

Second-generation antiandrogens for prostate cancer carry a substantial risk of cognitive problems and fatigue, and they increase the risk of falls by 87%, warn researchers.

A new large-scale RCT finds that cocoa flavanols restored hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with sub-optimal diets; an effect sustained over the three years of follow-up.

Why do people panic when an AI chatbot tells us it “wants to be human," but not when inanimate object says it wants to be a “real boy"?

The Memrise bot allows you to learn language through conversation on Discord.

What a decades-long debate over animals' ability to imagine the future reveals about science, humanity, and futurism.

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is a medical emergency in which the blood supply to the heart is suddenly and severely reduced or cut off, causing the muscle to die from a lack of oxygen.

A new large-scale RCT finds that cocoa flavanols restored hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with sub-optimal diets; an effect sustained over the three years of follow-up.