Training AI models using neurons. Getting hydrogen energy from water using sunlight. Elon Musk’s pivot to the Moon. All that ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Merge Labs, a company co-founded by AI billionaire Sam Altman that is building devices to connect human brains to computers, raised $252 million. The company is being formed as entrepreneurs and ...

Brain–computer interfaces have been talked about for decades, but they’ve rarely felt practical for everyday users. At CES 2026, LumiMind is demonstrating how non-invasive brain technology can move ...

Making a new January resolution to finally figure out what’s going on with all this AI nonsense? Here are the free online courses that might be able to help you out. In 2026, AI is set to face yet ...

Ten years ago, a Fitbit was about as sophisticated a wearable as you could get. The Apple Watch soon supplanted it, quickly becoming the world's best-selling smartwatch. Then came the sleeker, more ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Epilepsy is when the brain has an electrical misfire that causes multiple seizures. And depending on where the misfire takes place, the seizure will have different effects, such as ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

Inside the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at ASU, researchers investigate how the brain turns sensory signals into meaningful perception. Led by Professor Gi-Yeul Bae at the Department of ...

A second major Texas university system is restricting how faculty teach — and students learn — about race and gender in campus lecture halls. The Texas Tech University System banned courses that ...

The term brain rot was voted Oxford University Press’ word of the year in 2024, an unusual honor for a phrase that started as online slang. OUP defines it as the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...