Searing pain behind the bridge of your nose. What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat something very cold ...

It is coordinated by a complex network of brain regions, at the heart of which lies a tiny bundle of neurons known as the "locus coeruleus", Latin for "blue dot". It is a literal description ...

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire ...

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President Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz defended the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding freeze and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the federal ...

Brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics than other organs. The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to ...

IndyGo plans to move ahead with construction of the Blue Line despite lingering questions about the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive order to freeze transportation funds from the ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...