ON Friday March 11 2011, a huge earthquake, followed by a terrifying tsunami hit Japan. Among the damage and loss of life, it ...

Even accounting for the time Joe Keery fed his rideshare passengers to slavering junkyard dogs, the actor’s “aw shucks” lovability is constitutional to his screen persona. The assembly of guileless ...

Neurable, a consumer neurotechnology startup, has partnered with the Air Force to study whether electrode-studded headphones can track service members’ cognitive fitness, much like Garmin smartwatches ...

Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those who aren’t familiar with Smith’s work outside of ...

A secret Central Intelligence Agency mind control program. National Security Agency spy operations aimed at Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali. A federal manual for political assassinations. It's ...

Project Mind Control tells the lurid tale of the CIA's attempts to discover the scientific principles that would allow people to control subjects' thoughts and actions. The author, University of Texas ...

First seen in Marvel Comics in 1962’s The Incredible Hulk #3, Maynard Tiboldt took over the role of the Ringmaster from his father. Tiboldt, despite being powerless, is able to hypnotize people thanks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...

The mind really is a battlefield. Advances in neurological medicine might seem like a boon to humanity. However, UK scientists are warning that the tech could also be used to develop “brain weapons” ...

ALS patient Brad Smith can now control the Insta360 Link 2 periscope webcam using his mind after receiving an implant of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface earlier this year. "The setup ...

Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise. Owen Collumb, a Cybathlon race pilot who has been ...