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brains

Multiple images of brain

Health

Grand project to unify global efforts to understand the brain

A New York neuroscience summit aims to coordinate big money brain projects around the world, but will delegates agree on the field's top priorities?

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Building blocks of memories seen in brains for the first time

Humans

Building blocks of memories seen in brains for the first time

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Health

Primate labs give us an edge, says China's brain project chief

Features

A car exhaust is pumping out gas while a person holding a child's hand can be seen in the background

Health

Top tips to avoid getting metal pollution in your brain

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A cyclist is sandwiched between cars in heavy traffic

Health

Air pollution is sending tiny magnetic particles into your brain

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lots of bats in flight at dusk, with one lit up in the foreground

Technology

Nanobots could swarm like bats to hunt out brain tumours

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One member of the study in Chicago preparing lunch

Health

Superagers with amazing memories have shrink-resistant brains

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An elderly person's hands

Health

Plaque-clearing drug shows promise in people with Alzheimer’s

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Humans

Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?

Features

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Physics

Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?

In part because nothing is not what you think it is. Also don’t forget the multiverse

Features

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?

Features

Humans

Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?

Features

Life

Dogs process language like us and can tell when we praise them

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Life

Rewinding memories may help us recall where the good stuff is

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