The Bible’s lex talionis – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot” (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ...

Researchers use neural networks to study proprioception, the sense the brain uses to 'know' the body's movement and position. How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body ...

In the popular childhood song, “The Skeleton Dance,” we may recall singing about different body parts being connected, such as, “The backbone’s connected to the neck bone.” However, the more abstract ...

The front part of the brain plans and makes decisions. It does this after considering the different types of information it receives from “nerve cells”. This information is called “sensory” ...