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Light Controls Brain Cells: Nobel Winner Karl Deisseroth Explains Optogenetics
Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth reveals how light controls brain cells, leading to Nobel Prize-winning optogenetics breakthrough.
The Conversation · 1m
Calm Your Nervous System to Lose Weight
Positive thinking helps lose weight by calming the nervous system, as shown by Jamile Pellicer's 123-pound loss.
Woman's World · 2m
Silence Boosts Brain Processing
A study shows your brain processes more information in silence than others.
Psychologies · 1m
Psychedelics reveal hidden brain order
Brain scans show psychedelics create order beneath chaos, not random breakdown.
Ars Technica · 1m
AI Predicts Thoughts From Brain Scans
New AI tool decodes brain scans to reveal what you're thinking about.
Futurism · 1m
Why Your Brain Repeats Songs
Your brain repeats songs for a reason.
Psychologies · 1m
Human Brain is Two Separate Organs, Scientists Reveal
Stanford scientists discover human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems that evolved independently.
Dailymail · 1m
Nobel Prize 2026 Medicine Winners
German and US scientists win Nobel Prize for brain activity research.
Dw · 1m
German and US scientists win Nobel Prize 2026
German and US scientists win Nobel Prize 2026 for light-gated brain research.
Dw · 1m
Three neuroscientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are awarded for optogenetics, a technique using light to map and control brain cells.
TIME · 1m
Light-controlled neurons win physiology Nobel
Three scientists won the 2026 Nobel Prize for developing optogenetics, a technique using light to control brain cells and revolutionizing neuroscience research.
Ars Technica · 2m
Why Your Brain Multitasks
Your brain switches focus between tasks, costing time and concentration.
Nationalpost · 1m
Why nobody agrees what color a tennis ball is
A neuroscientist explains why your brain creates color, not your eyes, and why that makes tennis balls genuinely green and yellow at once.
Vox · 4m
Neuroscientist Explains Why Our Brain Distorts Reality
Neuroscientist Albert Moukheiber reveals how our brain distorts reality through incomplete sensory data and selective perception.
Psychologies · 1m
Alzheimer Brain Changes 7 Years Early
Brain changes detected seven years before Alzheimer's plaques appear.
Psychologies · 1m
Why Your 'Real Life' Feels Like a Draft
Your 'real life' isn't starting yet: psychologists reveal a mental trap that makes us chase perfect futures.
Psychologies · 1m
Andrew Huberman’s Sigh Hack Calms Stress
A quick sigh reduces stress instantly, according to Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman.
Woman's World · 1m
Zidane's Confusion After Goal
Zidane admits he doesn't know what he did after scoring France's winning goal against Belgium.
Psychologies · 1m
Why Your Brain Keeps Wanting to Listen to the Same Song
Your brain's reward system makes you crave the same song repeatedly.
Psychologies · 1m
How to spot a psychopath
Science reveals the real warning signs behind the clinical reality of psychopathy, beyond TV stereotypes.
Psychologies · 1m
Stanford finds the human brain is actually two organs
Scientists discovered the brain evolved as two separate systems that grew together over millions of years.
Futurism · 1m
Pink noise could make your sleep deeper
Scientists discovered that a specific sound pattern syncs with brain waves to boost sleep quality and clear brain waste.
TIME · 1m · 1 like
Scientists create mice with nearly half-human brains
Researchers implanted millions of human neurons into mice to study brain disorders in ways that weren't possible before.
Futurism · 1m
Scientists grow human brain cells inside mice
Researchers implanted human brain tissue into mice to test treatments for disorders that don't occur in rodents.
BBC News · 2m
Scientists find the brain cells that trigger sleep
Researchers discovered a rare population of cortical neurons that can initiate deep sleep by coordinating brain activity across multiple regions.
Ars Technica · 3m
Andrew Huberman on science, protocols, and being imperfect
The neuroscientist and podcast star on why longevity is pathetic, how protocols actually work, and what he learned from his very public fall from grace.
Men's Health · 4m
Inside Andrew Huberman's fitness setup
The neuroscientist and podcaster reveals his supplement regimen, home gym equipment, and recovery tools.
Men's Health · 1m
Why introverts need alone time after socializing
Introverts can only handle about two hours of social interaction before needing to recharge in solitude.
Psychologies · 1m
Human brain cells in mice raise ethics questions
Scientists are creating mice with human brain cells to study disease, but ethicists worry about the moral implications.
NPR · 1m
Scientists replace mouse brain tissue with human cells
Stanford researchers deleted most of a mouse's cortex and implanted human brain organoids to create a new model for studying neural diseases.
Ars Technica · 2m
Your brain doesn't lose memories, it blends them
New brain scans suggest aging memory fails by mixing up files, not by emptying the cabinet.
The Conversation · 1m
Two people described a room they couldn't see
A test of out-of-body experiences failed at its own task, then produced something the researchers weren't looking for.
Dailymail · 2m
Why your brain replays every date
Rewinding a first date at 2am is not insecurity, it is your brain trying to prep you for the next one.
Psychologies · 1m · 5 views
The quiet one in the room sees more
Psychology research suggests the person who says least in a group is often processing the most.
Psychologies · 1m
Your resilience is built while you sleep
Deep sleep, not grit, may decide who bounces back from a brutal week and who breaks.
Psychologies · 1m
Inside the Complete 3D Map of a Fruit Fly Brain
Researchers paired generative AI with electron microscopy to map every neuron and 300 million synapses in the male fruit fly brain.
Ars Technica · 2m
Mapping the Protein Networks Behind Profound Autism
Researchers have mapped vital protein interactions tied to profound autism, opening new pathways for targeted therapies.
NPR · 1m · 5 views