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NIH scraps policy that classified basic research in people as clinical trials Feb 03, 2026

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The policy aimed to increase the transparency of research in humans but created "a bureaucratic nightmare" for basic neuroscientists.

Cell atlas cracks open 'black box' of mammalian spinal cord development Feb 03, 2026

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The atlas details the genetics, birth dates and gene-expression signatures of roughly 150 neuron subtypes in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord.

Betting blind on AI and the scientific mind Feb 02, 2026

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If the struggle to articulate an idea is part of how you come to understand it, then tools that bypass that struggle might degrade your capacity for the kind of thinking that matters most for actual discovery.

Viral remnant in chimpanzees silences brain gene humans still use Jan 27, 2026

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The retroviral insert appears to inadvertently switch off a gene involved in brain development.

Why emotion research is stuck-and how to move it forward Jan 26, 2026

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Studying how organisms infer indirect threats and understand changing contexts can establish a common framework that bridges species and levels of analysis.

How artificial agents can help us understand social recognition Jan 16, 2026

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Neuroscience is chasing the complexity of social behavior, yet we have not answered the simplest question in the chain: How does a brain know "who is who"? Emerging multi-agent artificial intelligence may help accelerate our understanding of this fundamental computation.

Common and rare variants shape distinct genetic architecture of autism in African Americans Jan 15, 2026

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Certain gene variants may have greater weight in determining autism likelihood for some populations, a new study shows.

Bringing African ancestry into cellular neuroscience Jan 14, 2026

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Two independent teams in Africa are developing stem cell lines and organoids from local populations to explore neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions.

Computational psychiatry needs systems neuroscience Jan 13, 2026

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Dissecting different parallel processing streams may help us understand the mechanisms underlying psychiatric symptoms, such as delusions, and unite human and animal research.

This paper changed my life: John Tuthill reflects on the subjectivity of selfhood Jan 12, 2026

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Wittlinger, Wehner and Wolf's 2006 "stilts and stumps" Science paper revealed how ants pull off extraordinary feats of navigation using a biological odometer, and it inspired Tuthill to consider how other insects sense their own bodies.

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