Archive - From Brain to Mind

Science Wants Your Brain

What do an iconic Hollywood actor, a legendary NASCAR driver, and a former NFL star have in common?

Aug 10 • Marc Arginteanu

What do Billie Eilish’s and Billy Joel’s brains have in common?

Which Billy makes better music: Billie Eilish or Billy Joel?

Aug 6 • Marc Arginteanu

Golfing Alone: Tap into the Collective Unconscious

The year was 1913.

Aug 3 • Marc Arginteanu

July 2026

Your Brain Runs on Talk

Your body runs on food.

Jul 30 • Marc Arginteanu

Jul 27 • Marc Arginteanu

Marcus Aurelius Never Nagged. Modern Neuroscience Reveals Why.

You probably didn’t know it, but the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was also, in his own way, a brain scientist (clearly, a man who wore many helmets).

Jul 23 • Marc Arginteanu

Ancient Acupuncture Meets Modern Brain Science.

Think acupuncture is just a hocus pocus?

Jul 20 • Marc Arginteanu

The Rise of True Neuro-Wearables

What if the most powerful brain-monitoring tech in the world just escaped from a sci-fi movie?

Jul 16 • Marc Arginteanu

What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Brain

I loved the movie Project Hail Mary. It was fun, exciting, and truly thought-provoking without a trace of the heavy-handed preachiness that drags down…

Jul 13 • Marc Arginteanu

Brain-Computer Interface: Billionaires (and a Trillionaire) Race to Create Cyborgs

For years, the race to connect the human brain directly to a computer felt like a localized, slow-moving science fiction experiment.

Jul 9 • Marc Arginteanu

The Psilocybin Paradox: Are Psychedelic Mushrooms Benign Brain Magic or Dark Sorcery?

As a neurosurgeon, my career has been guided by a simple medical maxim: Tutus non praeclarus—safe, not brilliant. Daring and dazzling plays well in…

Jul 6 • Marc Arginteanu

BPC-157 (The Rising Star in Experimental Peptides) and Your Brain

Decades in the operating room have taught me that the brain is akin to a spiderweb: fragile, interconnected pathways.

Jul 2 • Marc Arginteanu

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