The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category ...

Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream. They say their ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...