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

So many of life's most pivotal decisions come down to one question: Should you listen to your logic or your emotions? Popular ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs and developing much larger brains. Researchers found that as human ...

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 ...

More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world, but the human brain becomes highly specialized to process speech in an individual’s own language. Recordings from human brains reveal the shared ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are observed in no other animal species. For centuries, scientists have been trying ...