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At Short Wave, we love a good brain. Which is why we’ve had a lot of conversations over the years with NPR’s neuroscience ...

A new study challenges the familiar idea that the brain evolved by stacking rational systems on top of primitive emotional ...

While exploring the world around them, both humans and other animals continuously interpret information they pick up with ...

Knowing how to shut off your power and your pipes (and turn them back on) is a matter of safety and practicality. Let’s learn how to do it. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan Visuals by Clark ...

Healthy brains may be built through a process of controlled damage and rapid repair. The most dangerous type of DNA damage is a regular feature of healthy early brain development, experiments in mice ...

A well-known actor who had experienced a stroke was treated by stroke specialist Sandor Nardai. The actor had been left with aphasia, or an impaired ability to speak – brutal for anyone, but “probably ...

Penelope Cheshire, who built Beauty Works into a brand worth £55m, and Matt Lumb, who helped scale Tangle Teezer into a global name, have joined forces to create Killabrush – a brand that sets out to ...

Much is made of artificial-intelligence bottlenecks like power, chip packaging and memory. But periodically investors get a reminder that one of the scarcest AI resources is top talent.

Part of soccer’s beauty lies in its unpredictability. Already in World Cup 2026, we have seen Morocco tie with five-time champion Brazil and Australia overturn the odds by beating Turkey. But few ...