Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it ...

A device has enabled people to see a new a shade of blue-green, which they say is more intense than any experienced before ...

Neuroscientists have carefully studied how synapses only have access to their own “local” information, yet collectively they ...

Researchers have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving.

A team of researchers at UCL and UCLH have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving.

Part of the appeal of phrenology was that it gave people a vocabulary to understand themselves and others. With urbanisation and a growing middle class, outside rigid class and religious structures, ...

For many years it was believed that the surface of most, if not all, white dwarfs was made up primarily of hydrogen. But then ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

The smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped -- a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by disease.

Reading books may have several health benefits. These include strengthening your brain, increasing your ability to empathize, reducing stress, and building your vocabulary. Share on Pinterest ...

As one of our resident wardrobe-basics experts, I’ve learned that a good white T-shirt is easy to find, but a truly great one — one that hits the marks on comfort and durability as well as ...