Nowhere is the cost of ignoring women’s health more visible or more correctable than in the brain. Closing the women’s health gap could add $1 trillion in annual incremental GDP to the global economy.

Despite its small size—it could sit in the palm of your hand—the zebra finch is a remarkable learner. A songbird native to Australia, it's renowned for its ability to pick up new songs. That talent ...

Lab-grown neuron groups can mimic parts of the human brain and help researchers study both the brain’s development and disorders. Now researchers have started linking these “organoids” to proto-spinal ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Canadian school boards are suing social media giants for nearly ...

More than a year after launching a crowdfunding campaign for a pair of Raspberry Pi-powered handheld computers, the folks at Soulsircuit have announced a major change… and backers aren’t particularly ...

AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Tabnine are reshaping Java development by automating boilerplate, guiding modernization, and enhancing collaboration. From scaffolding Spring ...

The findings point to unexpected similarities between biological and machine intelligence. According to research published in Nature Communications and reported by ScienceDaily, the study tracked ...

Having a brain is so necessary to human experience that it’s almost impossible to imagine any life without it. However, many living organisms don’t have brains, and going back far enough in time will ...

Kate Gosselin posted a rare photo of four of her sextuplets to mark their 20th birthday. In the picture, Alexis, Leah, Aaden and Joel pose in front of a chocolate-frosted cake decorated with candy hot ...

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