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Oct 7, 2025
Scientists say an artificial intelligence program that they compare to ChatGPT has helped them create one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain...
Oct 6, 2025
A new study in Nature Neuroscience has identified a specific population of neurons in the visual cortex—dubbed IC-encoders—and shows their direct...
Science appears to be a step closer to understanding how the brain generates hallucinations, raising hopes that someday they might be preventable,...
Sep 24, 2025
You could one day be spared from ever experiencing the debilitating symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)—thanks to a new discovery that could help...
Millions of people around the world suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that causes debilitating joint swelling and pain....
Sep 19, 2025
The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study of octopus arms.
Sep 17, 2025
Understanding exactly how the billions of neurons and trillions of connections in our brains could be one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in...
Sep 16, 2025
New research into how the brain processes illusions bombarded mice’s neural cells with lasers, artificially reproducing the brain activity...
Researchers from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science and the University of California at Berkeley traced the role played by the cells, known...
Sep 15, 2025
Andrew Huberman speaks with Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for...
Scientists characterized the largest sample of a neural circuit to date to improve artificial intelligence models and better understand the brain.
Sep 10, 2025
Neuroscientist Christof Koch explains how understanding this can deepen your connection to the world around you.
Aug 24, 2025
In SpaceX’s latest launch of their Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday morning, the crew’s payload included stem cells for research on how to grow...
Aug 23, 2025
An insightful discussion with Dr. Christof Koch, a leading expert in neuroscience and consciousness. Discover how his work combines neuroscience with...
Founder Paul G. Allen believed in answering big, fundamental questions in biology (Big Science). The approach to tackling these questions is rooted in Team Science: where experts across multiple fields leverage unique talents in a coordinated, collaborative way to produce massive amounts of high-quality data. The data, tools, and resources created are freely available (Open Science) to the entire scientific community. Big, Team and Open Science–as practiced by the Allen Institute–accelerates progress, amplifies impact and benefits all.
