Here's a short video that'll wrinkle your brain a bit. Like debunking 50 common misconceptions, this video shows 13 facts you might not know are true. Like how Neil Armstrong had to clear customs after going to the Moon. Or that Russia is bigger than Pluto. Learning is fun. Read More >>

We all know that computing power roughly doubles every 18 months — but at that rate, how long will it take for computers to be as powerful as the human brain? Read More >>

Drinking influences our personalities in a variety of ways. Some people get happy. Others turn combative or impulsive. At one time or another, though, we've all been the emotional drunk, a condition typically marked by ill-timed espousals of affection (or reprisal), acute introspection, and an uncontrollable urge to cry in the middle of a crowded bar. Read More >>

Stanford scientists have developed a technique which lets them turn a brain completely transparent — without causing any damage at all to its structure. Read More >>

A team of scientists claim to have developed techniques which allows them to read dreams via brain scans — and it could help us better understand what goes on in the brain while we sleep. Read More >>

In the rankings of where you need to use proper grammar, spelling and sentence structure, text messages have to be in the neighbourhood of last place -- right next to YouTube comments. It's because texts are a mindless quick-shot form of communication, surely? But maybe writing poor word-vomit-texts points to something larger... like having a stroke? That's what some doctors have found, and they're calling it "dystexia." Read More >>

For the first time, scientists have been able to use data from brain scans to identify who patients are thinking about. Read More >>

A scenario like Planet of the Apes might not be as unrealistic as we think, but fortunately—or at least for right now—it seems like our future overlords will be far less threatening the Caesar and co.. That's because scientists have discovered that injecting mice with human brain cells can actually make them smarter. All hail our hyper-intelligent, beady-eyed kings. Read More >>

A team of Japanese researchers has achieved something incredible: they've captured, for the first time ever, a movie which shows how thoughts form in the brain. Read More >>

Some days, after a good night's rest and a protein-rich breakfast, my brain works wonderfully. It's well wrinkled, filled to the brim with answers, and snapping synapses a-go. Other days, after an epic night, and a regurgitated breakfast, my brain just doesn't want to be bothered. It's smooth and thoughtless. How does that damn brain work? ASAP Science analyses the brain by detailing the difference between fast thinking and slow thinking. You're going to think in a whole new way after this. [YouTube] Read More >>

If you've ever wondered which part of your brain thinks about a particular object, activity or concept, worry no longer — this interactive brain is about to answer all your questions. Read More >>

If you've ever wondered what thinking about nothing looks like, here it is. It's the result of an experiment by artist Gustav Metzger, who hooked himself up to a robotic carving machine—while thinking long and hard about absolutely nothing. Read More >>

Everyone wants to be happy, and there are a million and one tips, mantras, books and belief systems that are supposed to give you a helping hand -- for a price, of course. And with one in five Britons suffering from depression, it's no wonder that we'll pay up. But even if you think that you're doing OK in the happiness department, the question still remains; how can you be absolutely sure you're not faking it? Read More >>

Doctors have managed to communicate with a patient who's been in a vegetative state for more than a decade by using brain scans—and he even told them he wasn't in pain. Read More >>

If it's not one thing, it's another: a new hypothesis floating around the scientific community suggests that evolving bigger brains and superior intellect may have led to a dramatically elevated risk of cancer in humans. Thanks, brain. Read More >>