SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly two decades after vets began returning from the Middle East complaining of Gulf War Syndrome, the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate ill...

ALZHEIMER'S Disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting an estimated 30 million people worldwide. The cause of the condition is unknown, but the prime suspect is amyloid-beta (Aβ), a 42-amino acid peptide which accumulate...

Google has added bicycle directions to their American Maps. This handy video shows you how it works, but it's not brain surgery; you just click on "Get Directions" link in Google Maps and choose the "Bicycling" option from the drop ...

Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it's time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award. The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British invent...

Intendix is touted to be the first patient-ready and commercially available brain computer interface in the world, debuting at CeBIT 2010. The Intendix system from Guger Technologies relies on a dorky-looking EEG cap which is used ...

I can understand the Pavlovian response to a $200+ million worldwide take for Disney's 3D Alice and Wonderland by-the-way of Hook has everyone with a tie cutting off the circulation to their brain ready to jump on this newest bandwa...

Cornell University researchers have come up with a way to turn traditional cotton fibers into conductive material. Picture a T-shirt that monitors your breathing or a pillowcase that measures brain waves....

Common wisdom tells us that for a successful relationship partners shouldn't go to bed angry. But new research from a psychologist at Harvard University suggests that brain activity - specifically in the region called the lateral pr...

Consider this T-shirt: It can monitor your heart rate and breathing, analyze your sweat and even cool you off on a hot summer's day. What about a pillow that monitors your brain waves, or a solar-powered dress that can charge your i...

You know the episode of Saved by the Bell where Jessie becomes addicted to caffeine? Now you can relive the highs and lows of that scary-but-hilarious day in chart form. [Flavorwire via BuzzFeed] ...

Inopportune: Stage One by Cai Guo-Qiang at the 17th Biennale of Sydney Everyone's seen the Dead Sea Scrolls and "Body Worlds," with and without the brain. Therefore it's definitely time to check out some new museum exhibits, but th...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, and fingers in adults. Spasticity is common after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or the progr...

It's no surprise to me that another study confirms what I've long known to be true: naps are magic bullets to dramatically boost and restore brain power.

Every now and again I take a break from romance reading. Sometimes it’s to scour my brain and take a break from tropes that seem over familiar or frustrations that seem perennial. Sometimes it’s because I love good mystery novels, ...

Here’s one of the few, first brain readers that we have around. With the advent of the awesome Hawking chair (that also made it to some teen movie parodies) we all learnt that it’s possible to read the thoughts of those who’re bound...

In the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished scientists radically alter the discussion... ...

Another day, another CEO with more lip gloss than brain matter. Jeffrey Katzenberg has been talking to USA Today on what seems to be his favorite topic these days, 3D, and telling us that the glasses ain't no big deal. After all, "...

There should be enough answers for today’s Brain Game to go around, so get creative. Enjoy! Comment with a word, term, or phrase - using fewer than 10 letters total – that contains all five main vowels (A, E, I, O, and U). EXAMPLES...

Researchers at MIT are eagerly anticipating the summer delivery of Elekta Neuromag®, a system that uses magnetoencephalography or MEG to explore brain function. MEG can detect the very weak magnetic fields arising from electrical ac...

Scientology's quackery is highlighted once again, this time by renowned mental health expert Pat McGorry who has joined psychiatry boss Louise Newman and the Brain and Mind Institute's Ian Hickie in urging senators to vote for an i...