Art and neuroscience have been intertwined for centuries. Early surgeons and scientists who poked and prodded inside cranial cavities—such as Santiago Ramón y Cajal—often drew what they saw. These ...

In order to understand how the brain works, neuroscientists need to take a close look at how neuron networks are wired together. However this isn’t easy, after all just one cubic millimeter in the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...