An MRI at the children's hospital revealed she had a brain tumor and needed surgery within a few days. Gracelyn had a Grade 2 ependymoma, which starts in ependymal cells in the central nervous ...
Marshall Brain, educator and founder of the popular edutainment company HowStuffWorks, died last week at the age of 63. Born in California, Brain moved to Raleigh in the 1980s to complete a master ...
Researchers have identified a brain pathway that regulates breathing and calms the mind. It could pave the way for new medications, like a so-called “yoga pill,” to ease anxiety. The discovery ...
Twelve exercises to help you see possibilities that others miss. When most people prompt generative AI, they do so within the paradigm of how they think about what could or should come next. For ...
Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, announced on Tuesday that it is launching a study to test its implant for a new use: allowing a person to control a robotic arm using just their ...
Nicola and Lee Wharton’s son Aaron would have turned nine this Thursday (November 28), but he passed away from an aggressive ependymoma brain tumour in April 2023 after being diagnosed as a ...
For years, scientists have been focused on trying to come up with new treatments for Alzheimer's by preventing the formation of brain-damaging clumps of this mysterious protein called beta-amyloid. In ...