Lately, I have been exclusively reading books with weird women protagonists — and having the time of my life. It’s delightful ...

The 'silent' X chromosome within female brains may not be so silent after all. A new study has found evidence in both mice and humans that as we age, 'sleeping' X chromosomes can be 'awakened' in ...

Joel and her team poured over the brain scans of more than 1,400 men and women to reach the conclusion. “Although there are sex/gender differences in brain structure, brains do not fall into two ...

The question of the differences between so-called male and female brains has always sparked curiosity and fueled debate. Are we truly wired differently, or are these differences simply the result of ...

A new comprehensive study published in the prestigious journal PNAS provides some fascinating insights into how female and male brains are intrinsically organized. Employing an innovative deep neural ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with revolutionary implications. By Deborah Blum Deborah Blum is the director of the ...

Differences between men and women in intelligence and behavior have been proposed and disputed for decades. Now, a growing body of scientific evidence shows hundreds of genes act differently in the ...

Brain cells, or oligodendrocytes (green), in the hippocampus are marked with the GFP genetic marker in the mouse brain. These cells often deteriorate during aging. Image credit: Gadek et al., Science ...