Forgetting why you walked into a room isn’t a sign of cognitive decline. It’s your brain doing exactly what it evolved to do.

In today's The Daily Why, a new series from India Today Science, we try to understand the mechanism that triggers dreams, and the one that makes us forget them.

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

A single 20-minute session on a stationary bike can trigger a measurable surge in memory-linked electrical activity deep inside the brain, according to new research from the University of Iowa. The ...

Ongoing security tension and nighttime sirens are disrupting the sleep cycles of millions of Israelis, increasing anxiety and health risks.

Scientists announced DNA storage devices capable of rewriting, erasing, and storing data for centuries ...

Atlas Data Storage partners with imec for advanced DNA storage and Biomemory acquires Catalog Technologies to enhance its DNA block-based printing storage technology.

Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have ...

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to ...