Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

Known, of course, as “the sex swing episode,” this season 3 gem features Samantha bumping into her male counterpart—a man ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered that a magnetic brain treatment already used for depression can boost the brain’s ...

How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental ...

Unlike previous systems that convert brain signals into text, this BCI synthesizes actual speech almost instantaneously. The ...

We are concluding our discussion on phrases, clauses and sentences today. In the last two classes, we compared the three, underlining how a sentence is usually a combination of clauses and phrases.

Ordinarily, a sentence has a higher grammatical status than a clause, the way the latter is higher than a phrase. For a group of words to be called a sentence, it has to make a complete thought.

Chivalry, serfdom, industrial activity and the races have all yielded evocative horse-linked phrases. Surprises include hands-down, ride roughshod and Big Apple Take a horse to water, horse ...

Importers of critical rare earth magnets from China are consulting their legal teams on the possibility of invoking the "force majeure clause (FMC)" in their supply contracts with automobile OEMs ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...