Brain teasers are short, clever puzzles designed to make the mind think in fresh ways. They often look simple, but they push us to use logic, patience, and careful observation. X users found the brain ...

As we get older, our memory really does get worse. It can be hard in our private lives and professional ones. But new research from the University of Waterloo has discovered a compelling fix: By ...

Scientists used a brain scanner to record the brain's activity in each stage of the process of drawing faces. The researchers found that the captured visual information is stored as a series of ...

What does your brain look like? You might be picturing a photograph of a lumpy wrinkly pink thing. Or maybe you’re imagining something more abstract—a collection of ideas. Now think—what would you put ...

A lot of my free time is spent doodling. I'm a journalist on NPR's science desk by day. But all the time in between, I am an artist — specifically, a cartoonist. I draw in between tasks. I sketch at ...