A brain-boosting jolt from a cup of coffee could only be effective if you drink it sparingly, a sleep study conference has revealed. And caffeine lovers who rave about the…
An 80-year-old woman has been living with a three-centimetre-long needle in her brain that was intended to kill her at birth, amazed medics have discovered. The woman, who has not…
A woman has survived having parasitic worms infesting her brain, arms and legs after she ate a local delicacy made with raw blood. The 58-year-old Vietnamese woman from An Binh…
Researchers claim to have found that it is not necessary to have a brain in order to learn something. The remarkable discovery was made by Prof. Simon Sprecher from the…
Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. The skulls of…
A zoo in Spain has shared this farewell video after a four-year-old chimpanzee that was born there suddenly passed away. Coco, the four-year-old chimpanzee that was born in BIOPARC Valencia,…
Doctors have successfully removed more than 90 per cent of a small child’s brain tumour after his parents were told it was inoperable and he was flown from Mexico to…
Mothers who develop postnatal baby blues can influence their children's ability to talk, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences…
A 'synthetic' embryo with a brain and beating heart has been created by British scientists. It features the foundations of all the body's organs - including neural and gut tubes…
Breastfeeding for longer could reduce the risks of of infants developing obesity later in life, a new study has revealed. Researchers in Spain discovered that lengthening the period when baby…