Scientists try to predict intentions
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At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press.
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Google's latest experiment in opening up its massive resources for the latest in knowledge and wisdom, has a familiar ring to it. And perhaps for that reason, the outcome of that experiment can be predicted.
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The mystery of how we read a sentence is unlocked by scientists.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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Does the science offer real hope or just hype?
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Some scientists are thinking twice about doing or reporting certain research, reacting to political and social controversy in addition to legal restrictions.
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Applying some of the same brain-scan technology used to understand Alzheimer's and autism, scientists are trying to learn what makes a Republican's mind different from a Democrat's.
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on software that will get to know you as well as your best mate - and even offers you advice.
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The e-mail came from the next room. "You gotta see this!" Jorge Moll had written. Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health, had been scanning the brains of volunteers as they were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity...
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Neuroscientists are making such rapid progress in unlocking the brain's secrets that some are urging colleagues to debate the ethics of their work before it can be misused by governments, lawyers or advertisers.
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Scientists develop a technique they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans.
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As the annual hurricane season begins, scientists are pressing on a number of fronts to learn how to tell with greater precision when and where they will strike.
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Scientists say they have worked out exactly how people recognise a face when they see it.
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A new test may help scientists answer a perplexing &quot;which came first&quot; question about the development of Alzheimer&#039;s disease, possibly pointing the way to earlier diagnosis or even treatment.
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A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain, according to a study that used brain imaging.
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Scientists try to figure out how far off the next ice age is.
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Thought might not be dependent on language, according to new research by UK scientists.