Physicists reversed time’s arrow inside a quantum lab. It isn’t time travel, but it raises an old question: what would it truly mean to exist outside time?
Astronomers Just Watched a Magnetar Be Born — And It Came From Death
Astronomers just watched a magnetar being born for the first time — the universe’s most magnetically powerful object, forged from a dying star’s collapse.
Scientists Found the Alzheimer’s Protein That Also Builds Your Most Permanent Memories
Scientists found the Alzheimer’s protein tau is also essential for building lasting memories, and why silencing it to fight the disease could backfire.
Scientists Found Brain Cells That Block Distraction
Johns Hopkins researchers just found ancient brain cells that block distraction. Here’s what the discovery reveals about focus, attention, and the mind.
Your Brain Doesn’t Decide Things the Way You Think It Does
New brain research shows decisions aren’t made in a straight line from seeing to choosing. Here’s exactly what scientists found, and what it means for you.
Scientists Found How Alzheimer’s Actually Kills Brain Cells
Researchers just named the exact mechanism, karyoptosis, that kills brain cells in Alzheimer’s — and it mirrors an ancient idea about the soul.
Scientists Tracked Nearly 4,000 People Into Their 90s. Half of Them Were Getting Better — Not Worse.
Scientists Found That Brain Cells Have to Break Their Own DNA to Reach Their Destination — and the Pattern Goes Deeper Than Neuroscience
Scientists Discovered Some Brains Resist Alzheimer’s by Nurturing Their Most Vulnerable Cells — Paul Called That Process by Name 2,000 Years Ago
Researchers found Alzheimer’s-resistant brains protect their most vulnerable neurons. A 2,000-year-old Greek word describes the exact same process.