Special Report By Erin Brodwin and Rebecca Robbins As Elon Musk’s Neuralink prepares to draw back the curtain, ex-employees describe rushed timelines clashing with science’s slow pace
In the Lab By Sharon Begley ‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth
Health By Hyacinth Empinado and Theresa Gaffney Watch: What day is it? How pandemic stress alters your perception of time
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Using human brain tissue in lab dishes, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s
In the Lab By Carl Zimmer In patients under hypnosis, scientists find distinctive patterns in the brain
Business By Kate Sheridan Resurrected: A controversial trial to bring the dead back to life plans a restart
Special Report By Sharon Begley The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Brainiacs, not birdbrains: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute
Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin Elon Musk’s Neuralink unveils prototype of brain implants — and looks toward clinical trials
The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein The FDA’s chaotic week, Trump’s effect on science, and Musk’s big reveal
By Rebecca Robbins, Casey Ross, and Erin Brodwin STAT Health Tech: Elon Musk’s secretive brain implants startup & Verily’s move into health insurance
Biotech By Damian Garde and Matthew Herper Coles-led Cerevel Therapeutics to raise $445 million to develop brain drugs with fewer side effects
In the Lab By Theresa Gaffney How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer
Biotech By Adam Feuerstein Yumanity Therapeutics, Merck strike deal aimed at developing new medicines for neurodegenerative disease
In the Lab By Juliet Isselbacher By tricking mice into sensing fake smells, scientists decode how the brain recognizes scent
In the Lab By Shraddha Chakradhar Researchers develop a non-invasive way to manipulate neurons to study behavior
In the Lab By Megan Thielking Scientists turn organs transparent — and use a new technique to capture 3D pictures of what’s inside
In the Lab By Eric Boodman The vodka trial: In search of a treatment for vocal disorders, a researcher puts patient anecdotes to the test
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Brain-imaging study shows ‘hot spot’ that may explain why African Americans feel greater pain
In the Lab By Sharon Begley A ‘landmark’ achievement: Scientists trace full wiring diagram of the fly brain’s core
First Opinion By Donna Jackson Nakazawa Microglia: a new target in the brain for depression, Alzheimer’s, and more?
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Scientists show mice an Orson Welles movie, then disprove dogma about how vision works
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Research using brains-in-a-dish forces a radical rethinking of Huntington’s disease
Health By Andrew Joseph A new Alzheimer’s therapy is approved in China, delivering a surprise for the field but also questions
Health By Nicholas Florko Taking stock of Alzheimer’s research: Experts offer takes on Biogen, the NIH, and the amyloid hypothesis
Health By Andrew Joseph Alzheimer’s patients in Biogen trial, jolted by revival of drug, press for access once again
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Here’s a brain teaser: Surprising study shows reduced neuronal activity extends life
Don't Miss By Sharon Begley What’s in the cards for this year’s Nobel Prizes? Scientists are placing their bets
In the Lab By Shraddha Chakradhar Newly named MacArthur ‘Genius’ and neuroscientist talks creativity in science
Health By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe To speed drug development, Mass. General to begin ALS trials that test several compounds at once
In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney To sleep, perchance to forget? Scientists pinpoint in mice the neurons that control memory while dreaming
Business By Edward Fitzpatrick — Boston Globe Former CVS head’s gift will bolster neuroscience research at University of Rhode Island