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·July 20, 2026·7 min read

Rethinking the Prisoner’s Dilemma: How Cooperation Wins

A new study reveals how cooperation emerges and persists without complex social structures or genetic kinship.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 10, 2026·9 min read

Compound BA-101 Reverses Glioblastoma Chemo Resistance

A new study demonstrates that the experimental compound BA-101 reverses chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 8, 2026·9 min read

The Branching Dendrite Secret Behind Human Cognitive Superiority

A new study demonstrates that individual human cortical neurons possess the computational complexity of an entire deep artificial neural network.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·July 7, 2026·11 min read

Preconception Maternal Trauma Doubles Schizophrenia Risk

A new study demonstrates that preconception trauma carries a heavy transgenerational psychiatric burden. By tracking decades of health registry data from over 30,000 individuals, the team unmasked that children born to mothers who were older than age five during Nazi persecutions face an over two-fold increase in schizophrenia risk, highlighting maternal-specific epigenetic or intrauterine transmission paths.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 29, 2026·10 min read

Comforting Others Is a Cultural Trait, Not a Universal Instinct

Comforting others is a culturally bounded motive rather than a universal human instinct. While individualistic societies actively try to eliminate a peer's distress to foster intimacy, collectivistic cultures accommodate negative emotions, viewing them as vital instruments for self-reflection and relationship cohesion.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 1, 2026·9 min read

Whole-Brain Dynamics Predict Social Approach

Can an invisible, brain-wide electrical shift accurately predict our social choices several seconds before we even make them? A neuro-behavioral study unmasks a distinct neural "pre-decision state" that dictates social approach behaviors.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 9, 2026·7 min read

Brain-First Hypothesis: Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion

The evolution of the brain may have been the primary engine behind the Cambrian Explosion. The "Brain-First Hypothesis" suggests that increasing ecological pressure for sensory processing led to neural regionalization. This neural complexity provided the genetic blueprints that were eventually co-opted to build the diverse and complex body plans seen in arthropods and chordates today.

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Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·February 20, 2026·9 min read

AI Rebirth: Turning Digital Footprints Into Living Legacies

A new study explores the rise of "AI resurrections," where generative AI reanimates the dead for entertainment, politics, and grieving.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 8, 2025·5 min read

Brain Uses AI-Like Computations for Language

The human brain processes spoken language in a step-by-step sequence that closely matches how large language models transform text. Using electrocorticography recordings from people listening to a podcast, researchers found that early brain responses aligned with early AI layers, while deeper layers corresponded to later neural activity in regions such as Broca’s area.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 23, 2025·4 min read

Human Speech Follows a Universal Rhythm Every 1.6 Seconds

A large cross-linguistic study has revealed that human speech worldwide follows a universal rhythm, with intonation units appearing roughly every 1.6 seconds. These rhythmic chunks structure conversation, helping listeners track meaning, take turns, and absorb information.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 30, 2025·4 min read

People Prefer Human Empathy, Even When AI Says the Same Thing

A new study shows that people rate empathic responses as more supportive and emotionally satisfying when they believe they come from a human—even if the same response is AI-generated. Across nine experiments with over 6,000 participants, responses labeled as human were consistently seen as more genuine, especially when they involved emotional sharing and care.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Pain

·June 20, 2025·4 min read

Chronic Pain Linked to Neuron Overactivity in the Brainstem

A new study reveals that neurons in the brainstem respond very differently to acute versus chronic pain, potentially explaining why some pain persists long after injury. In acute pain, neurons in the medullary dorsal horn reduce their activity through a natural “braking” system involving A-type potassium currents, helping limit pain signals.