Common sense tells us that we cherish rain more af...  ...this novelty factor goes all the way down to our neurons . They don't so much measure all incoming stimuli...  ...erally consumes energy to pump sodium back out of neurons and potassium back into them, so it is most effic...

Eyewire, an online multiplayer game pioneered by P...  ...players to map the three-dimensional structure of neurons in the brain. Every player, in essence, becomes a...  ...llness are encoded in the the connections between neurons . Until these pathways can be mapped, the hypothes...

Scientists are working on unconventional methods f...  ...working on unconventional methods for controlling neurons in the brain. In one such experiment, a mouse's b...  ...n -the mouse had DNA from algae inserted into its neurons , which made them responsive to light. The crucial...  ...ing the new genes active...