It may seem unlikely, but bars in San Francisco are sites for academic lectures, part of a new program called Big Brain SF. "People are there for the knowledge, but they’re also there for the ...

talked about the “lowly origins” of humanity, and he was just talking apes. Nick Strausfeld, in the first of the UA College of Science “Evolving Brain” lectures, traces development of the human brain ...

The human brain solves problems in a nearly perfect way, if you observe the biology of it from the perspective of a physicist. Biophysicist William Bialek, the final speaker in the “Evolving Brain” ...

The UA College of Science “Mind and Brain” lecture series that’s been filling up Centennial Hall continues this evening with “The Making of a Mind,” presented by LouAnn Gerken, a professor of ...

From interactive screenings to online courses, neuroscience is reaching people in fresh ways. Films, documentaries, and lectures are making brain science relatable and memorable. Whether you’re a ...

Each year the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB hosts a lecture with an invited guest speaker. The 2020 annual lecture will feature Dr. Jeff Williamson from Wake Forest School of Medicine who ...

As part of the yearlong celebration of 150 years of Biological Sciences at Purdue, we are honored to welcome Dr. Massimo Scanziani, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor at the ...

Shaun Nichols, a professor of philosophy, will discuss: Does morality come from the emotions, or from rational thought? Philosophers have struggled with this question for centuries. Recent work in ...

Decade of the Brain Lecture, 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.: "Consolidating the gains in brain" Presidential Special Lecture, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: "Cell death in development ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...