When we say that the something is big—be it the visible universe or a human brain—we have to ask: Compared with what? The natural point of reference is the scope of everyday human life. This is the ...

The human brain functions thanks to its wide neuronal network that is deemed to contain approximately 69 billion neurons. On the other hand, the observable universe is composed of a cosmic web of ...

An astrophysicist and neuroscientist teamed up to compare similarities between the universe and networks of neurons in the brain. The similarities are crazy.

Astrophysicist Franco Vazza from the University of Bologna, and Alberto Felett, a neurosurgeon at the University of Verona, have found that both the universe and the human brain are built from ...

The Vastness of a Human Soul Makes the Universe Seem Tiny and Insignificant If something is very small, it does not follow that it is insignificant and meaningless. (photo: Lumina Obscura/Pixabay/CC0) ...

The universe is similar to a huge human brain, scientists have found. A new study investigated the differences and similarities between two of the most complex systems in existence, though at ...

The biggest galaxies in the universe are elliptical galaxies. The largest of these hold over one trillion stars according to astronomical census takers, compared to 400 billion in our Milky Way. Ho… ...

Movie that VFX artist expressed in miniature size, 'How small the earth and the sun are compared with stars in the universe?' - GIGAZINE Oct 25, 2018 20:00:00 ...