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Meet Ameya Kharade, the 17-year-old Nashua student whose $1,800 brain-reading system aims to turn brain activity into speech at implant-like speeds without surgery

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Meet Ameya Kharade, the 17-year-old Nashua student whose $1,800 brain-reading system aims to turn brain activity into speech at implant-like speeds without surgery

According to Barron Prize Winners website data, Ameya’s work is rooted in his close family member’s loss of speech following a stroke when Ameya was seven For someone who can speak, putting a thought into words is almost effortless. For millions of people living with conditions such as ALS, severe stroke or paralysis, that simple … Read more

What happened to Bryan Bishop? Wife Christie’s heartbreaking GoFundMe update in focus amid brain tumor battle

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Bryan Bishop had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 2009, two months before he was to marry his now-wife, Christie. (X/@BaldBryan)

Bryan Bishop was known for podcasts like Bald Bryan and The Adam Carolla Show. The 48-year-old radio personality, had been battling brain tumor for quite a while now. Now, his wife Christie shared a heartbreaking update on GoFundMe saying that recovery chances looked bleak for Bishop. Bryan Bishop had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain … Read more

When could Six Flags X2 reopen? What we know as two riders undergo brain surgeries

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Six Flags X2 remains closed as California investigates serious rider injuries, leaving a major question over what happens to the coaster next.. (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado) (REUTERS)

Six Flags Magic Mountain’s X2 roller coaster has no reopening date yet. The ride has been closed since July 12, 2026, after a serious incident involving a rider and a California safety inspection was opened. The inspection is still underway, so state officials have not given a date for when it will end. Six Flags … Read more

Meet Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student who found 2 FDA-approved drugs that reduced Alzheimer’s-linked damage in lab-grown brain cells

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Meet Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student who found 2 FDA-approved drugs that reduced Alzheimer's-linked damage in lab-grown brain cells

Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most difficult neurological disorders to treat, partly because the processes behind it can begin damaging brain cells long before symptoms become apparent. Now, a project by 17-year-old Connecticut student Leon Wang has drawn attention for exploring whether medicines … Read more

Inside ‘mommy brain’: How pregnancy and childbirth rewire the maternal mind

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Inside ‘mommy brain’: How pregnancy and childbirth rewire the maternal mind

Pregnancy and childbirth bring with them a range of transformative changes for a woman that are physiological, psychological, and emotional all at once. From the time of conception to carrying a life in her womb for months, the journey alters not just her body, but also reshapes and readjusts her emotional and mental wiring to … Read more

Who is Charles Lieber? Convicted Harvard scientist now leads research into brain-computer connections in China

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Who is Charles Lieber? Convicted Harvard scientist now leads research into brain-computer connections in China

Charles Lieber is one of the best-known figures in nanoscience, but his career took a dramatic turn after a U.S. federal conviction. Lieber, a former distinguished chemistry professor at Harvard University, was convicted in 2021 of making false statements to federal authorities and tax-related crimes related to payments from China. Today, he is back in … Read more