Microglia are the brain’s most abundant immune cells. They protect against invading threats, remove damaged neurons and help shape neural circuits as the brain develops. Scientists at Columbia’s ...

In my recent Psychology Today post, Why Humans Need a Creator: The Existential Imperative of Belief, I reframe faith as a ...

More than 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa were engraving ostrich eggshells with intricate geometric patterns that ...

Can we ever overcome the massive mental health crisis we are facing if we don't see ourselves as part of the evolution of ...

Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury. And a new study in Science shows meat has never been the main fuel source ...

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ...

In "The God Test," Robert Wright considers an evolutionary leap in which human consciousness becomes infused with AI.

These sci-fi books present different visions of a future in which AI's capabilities have surpassed humanity's—a future Sam ...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s cabinet saw its second reshuffle since the 2025 General Election, with a pack of younger ministers moving up through the ranks and significant changes to the makeup of ...

The Vampire Lestat marks a bold evolution in AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe. Showrunner Rolin Jones, who has guided the series since its 2022 debut as Interview with the Vampire, shifts the ...

The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages Evolution is a coronation. With this new, five ...