WASHINGTON — The blast shook the ground and its red flash of fire covered the doorway as U.S. special operations forces blew open a door during a recent training exercise. Moments later, in their next ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to make your mind stretch and smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think beyond the ...

A fourth grader from Ontario, Canada, has caused hysterics online for one of her answers in a spelling test. Tara Heshka (@eet_cake) posted an image of her 9-year-old daughter’s test from October 20 ...

Here are three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that combines with each of the others to create another common word. What is it? When the answer finally comes to you, it’ll likely feel ...

Going on antidepressants can give many people their life back, but for some there is a catch. About 25% to 80% of people who take antidepressants experience sexual side effects to some degree during ...

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and ...

Grief can strike people in a variety of ways, impacting how they handle their daily lives. The pain which a loss can cause may never truly heal. When Elizabeth McGuiness lost her son Nicholas to brain ...

(NEXSTAR) — As part of a “multi-step overhaul” of the naturalization process, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday that it is expanding and altering its Naturalization ...

You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A major Alzheimer’s ...

WASHINGTON — Brain injuries and mental health problems diagnosed in veterans exposed to repeated low-level blasts from firing their own weapons would be closely tracked and studied under legislation ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for learning and memory. Results of the study, published in the journal Science ...