The human brain is often compared to a computer, but that metaphor falls apart the deeper you go, a bit like trying to describe a colossal squid as “just a big fish.” Hidden in the darkness of our skulls is a biological deep sea: billions of neurons flickering like bioluminescent creatures, forming patterns we ...
Night after night, we do something so ordinary it borders on boring: we close our eyes, disconnect from the world, and surrender to sleep. Yet this seemingly passive state may be one of the most active and high-stakes operations our brains ever perform. When sleep falters, everything from memory to mood to immune defenses ...
Death and life have been considered for millennia as complete opposites, a binary switch with permanent reversal. But creative new research suggests a possible third state of life whereby cells persistently function, adapt, and even create new life after the death of the organism they belonged to, so defying accepted definitions. Called a “third state,” ...
For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if the reason for our cognitive abilities isn’t in the electrical activity of neurons, but in the quiet, star-shaped cells that connect them? A new research published in PNAS on May 20, 2025, suggests the astrocytes ...
Long praised by athletes for its muscle-building properties, creatine is now generating waves for a completely different reason: possible Alzheimer’s disease prevention. A ground-breaking pilot study implies that widely available in health stores, creatine monohydrate could help Alzheimer’s sufferers have better cognitive ability. Although the results are preliminary, they create an intriguing new path in ...
