A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are a visual icon for intelligence itself. Peeling back the layers of this ...

Human evolution is generally explained through changes in brain size, locomotion or tool use, but new research from Wits ...

Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images ) The ability to focus is not unique to humans or even to primates. Birds, ...

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. The brain is unimaginably complex. Google and Harvard recently announced ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness in ways that can last for years. Pregnancy reshapes more than the body.

Summary: Researchers tracked brain activity patterns in participants before and after they watched multiple episodes of a ...