16-02-12 As the battle against the post-festive bulge rages on, many of us are seeking out any extra help we can get with New Year's resolutions to lose weight. 抗击节后肥胖的战争已然打响，不少人都在寻求助力以实现成功减重的新年决心。 But can a fragrance real...

16-01-20 Precise changes in brain circuitry occur as young zebra finches go from listening to their fathers' courtship songs to knowing the songs themselves, according to a study led by neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center and published online in a...

16-01-07 A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and...

15-12-30 The human brain is the world's most sophisticated computer, but a group of Chinese scientists have developed a computer chip that works much like the brain. 人脑是世界上最复杂的电脑，一组中国科学家发明的电脑芯片与人脑的工作方式很像。 Jointly develop...

15-10-16 At the flip of a switch, University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists can send a sleeping mouse into dreamland. The researchers inserted an optogenetic switch into a group of nerve cells located in the ancient part of the brain called the med...

15-10-16 Stanford engineers have created a plastic skin that can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver this sensory input directly to a living brain cell. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, h...

15-09-25 It happens to you all the time. You're mid-sentence during a meeting with your boss, working on The New York Times' crossword puzzle, typing up an essay for grad school, or even talking to your mom on the phone -- and the next word you're looking fo...

15-08-23 A study has claimed that 3D films exercise the brain and improve short-term functioning in a similar way to brain-training tests. 一项研究称，3D电影可以锻炼大脑，能像大脑训练测试那样提高脑部短时间内的机能。 The research found that people who watched...

15-08-18 Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells. They mapped the 3-D atomic structure of a two-part protein complex that controls the release of signaling chemicals, called neurotransmi...

15-07-30 Brain fade refers to a temporary inability to concentrate or think clearly. When your mind just goes blank, or when you know the answer but just can't say it, you are suffering from brain fade. 脑抽指短时间内无法集中注意力或者清醒思考。如果你大脑一...