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Huntington’s disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a progressive, hereditary brain disease that affects movement, cognition and emotions. Doctors often diagnose HD when people show clear movement problems, typically around 30-50 years of age, after which patients live…

If you’ve ever refused to knock down a game’s difficulty level, or chased a purposefully pointless achievement, you might have this pernicious but pleasurable affliction

The research found there was a 76 per cent chance that playing board games will improve numeracy skills

In the weeks following a ski accident, a German man experienced seizures when he completed sudoku puzzles.

How wellness guru Mel Robbin's simple bedtime habit is helping me fall asleep fast this January — all you need is a pen and paper

We live in a culture that glorifies the hustle. Instead of resting, we wear burnout like a badge of honor, fueled by caffeine and anxiety. Many convince themselves that pushing a little harder will finally help them catch up. Society often views fatigue as a weakness of willpower, something to…

When we think of dementia, we instinctively picture memory loss. We visualize lost keys, forgotten names, and confusion about dates. We assume that the brain fails first. However, medical research increasingly suggests that the body often signals the decline before memory issues become severe. Dementia is not a single disease…

Space apparently changes your frame of mind in more ways than one.

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

Absent readers and absent writers; know the reader.

I thought the Grok brain rot was going to live forever on my X timeline, until I found this Chrome extension that clears all the junk.