Evolution has crafted the brain to quickly learn and adapt to an ever-changing world. Detailing its algorithms—the ways it processes information as revealed by its structure and wiring—could inspire ...

The high-resolution 3D map contains more than 200,000 brain cells, around 82,000 of which are neurons. It also includes more than 500 million of the neuronal connection points called synapses and ...

The resulting map illustrates the staggering complexity of the brain. Despite its diminutive size, it contained more than 200,000 cells with 4 kilometres of branches between them, and 523 million ...