Brain's 'faulty' body perception gives a clue to eating disorders
The brain uses several ways to work out the location of different parts of the body -- this includes feedback from muscles and joints.
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Hit the road and stop the brain drain
The health benefits of a regular run have long been known, but scientists have never understood the curious ability of exercise to boost brain power.
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Googling is good for geriatrics
A team of United States researchers has found that searching the internet stimulates brain activity in the elderly and middle-aged.
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The blush of youth
Maybe adolescents only went into embarrassment overdrive because the rest of us weren't taking it seriously enough.
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'Faith can relieve pain'
Scientists have uncovered an ancient source of pain relief that is based on the power of the mind, according to research published on recently.
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Stuff that matters
Give me a pearly white smile! There you go. Now consider this: the calcium in your teeth was cooked up inside a giant red star, billions of years ago.
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The two different worlds in our brains
It was only when a neuroanatomist had a stroke that she understood the gulf between the left and right parts of the brain, writes Emma Brock.
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