We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

By studying how retronasal odors trigger taste-like brain activity, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought. New research shows that odors can actually be coded as tastes in the ...

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging provides evidence that the psychoactive component in cannabis, ...

“There’s a brain region close to your temples ... The researchers think this signal is then evaluated by another region, the anterior insula, which was active while participants were completing the ...

Awe has a way of stopping us in our tracks. It can creep in quietly—the hush of deer crossing a backyard—or arrive all at once, like a swell of music that makes your chest tighten or the sudden ...

Too much alone time during teenage years may do more than affect friendships. While some solitude is normal, persistent withdrawal may raise the risk of mental health issues later in life ...