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Studies are underway to test whether giving a shot of BCG vaccine could protect doctors and nurses against COVID-19.

Asian giant hornets were found for the first time in Washington State and could reemerge in the spring.

At universities across the US, student-led efforts to achieve protection for custodial, food service, and other vendors’ employees have been met with mixed levels of success.

How will humanity record the unprecedented predicament we find ourselves in?

It seems as though the more we embrace external technologies, the more our memory faculties deteriorate. But the truth might just be scarier.

The Yale neuroscientist seeks to understand the brain’s architecture and function using C. elegans.

Honeybees can remember reward-associated odors three days after a single learning experience.

Adult neurogenesis, already appreciated for its role in learning and memory, also participates in mental health and possibly even attention, new research suggests.

Kim Peek, the inspiration for the title character in Rain Man, brought public attention to savant syndrome.

Microglia ingest nerve cell connections, leading to the loss of information stored in neuronal circuits.

Rats and equations help researchers develop a theory of how our brains keep track of when events took place.

Those who had developed PTSD appear to be less able to suppress unwanted memories—traumatic or not—suggesting a role for the general ability to control memory recall in the disorder.