In a Heat Wave, One Medical Condition Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other

By Hilary Beaumont

People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotter planet.

When Your Brain Is in Your Arm

By Cara Giaimo

Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons are in its arms—each operating independently—including the one it uses to have sex.

Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

By James Crawford

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think.

Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel

By Emily Mullin

One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not.

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive

By Claire L. Evans

Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

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