It's a computer game designed by a scientist to help map all the connections of nerve cells in the eye. Now, that scientist says the game is working, as we learn from NPR's Joe Palca.

Normally, covering computer science articles are a bit of a strain, but two things about a recent one had a strong personal appeal: I'm addicted to the Civilization series of games, and I rarely ...

Hundreds of thousands of human neurons growing in a dish coated with electrodes have been taught to play a version of the classic computer game Pong 1. The gamer cells respond not to visual cues ...