Latest Videos

In this interview, Johns Hopkins Assistant Professor Dr Neda Gould explains how mindfulness can benefit the brain, especially during the stressful period of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nicknamed "the wanderer", the vagus nerve plays a variety of interesting roles in our body. Now, researchers are exploring whether vagus nerve stimulation is a viable treatment option for COVID-19. Immunologist Dr Paul-Peter Tak teaches us more in this installment of Teach Me in 10.

Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

About to write your first scientific paper and feeling nervous? Fear not, in this instalment of Teach Me in 10 , Professor Benita Olivier teaches us 10 tips and tricks that will help relieve the stress of the process.

Humans are proud of a lot of things, from particle accelerators to poetry to pokemon. All of them made possible because of something humans value extremely highly: intelligence. But what is intelligence?

As scientists learn more about the underlying causes of multiple sclerosis, they are developing intelligent interventions that slow or halt the progression of the disease. Learn more about the creation of zanimod (Zeposia), the first disease-altering MS therapy.

Scientists show that simply increasing the amount of Gpld1 produced by the mouse liver could confer many of the same brain benefits as regular exercise.

In this interview, Technology Networks speak with Professor Ardem Patapoutian, winner of this year’s Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, about his discovery of the Piezos, a family of pressure-sensitive ion channels with crucial roles in the body.

2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today, but did you know it’s not actually a gas? ACS Reactions break down how it works, a bit of its history and the best ways to recover if you’re hit with it.

When neurons die, cellular garbage collectors mobilize in a highly choreographed procedure to dispose of the corpse and clear away debris. Yale researchers have for the first time captured images of this process at the level of a single neuron