A meningitis outbreak in southeast England has led to the deaths of a university student and a pupil from a nearby school, ...

An autopsy revealed a 9-month-old infant died from abusive head trauma and other severe injuries. Michael Tustin's mother and her boyfriend have been indicted in connection with the 9-month-old's ...

Under SB 503, people who committed crimes when they were younger than 26 could become eligible for parole at an earlier date.

About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms ...

The neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy appears to be driven by damage to the blood-brain barrier ...

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to ...

A late-maturing brain filter in the thalamus prunes noisy sensory inputs over time, helping adults ignore distractions and focus, offering a neural basis for growing wisdom.

Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies ...

A new study that tracked brain changes in more than 1,600 adults over 12 years found that eating may help keep the brain ...

Researchers found that people who consumed virgin olive oil rather than refined olive oil showed improved cognitive function and greater diversity in their gut microbiota.

Eating a combination of two award-winning diets slowed aging in key structures inside the brain by over two years.

A new study suggests that visual cues help the brain detect faint sounds in loud environments better than listening with your ...