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Memory: How the brain spins your life story

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Memory: How the brain spins your life story

Our autobiography is pieced together from the many events in our lives – but we pick and choose which ones to include

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Black mamba venom makes a great painkiller

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How expectations shape your life

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Memory: Lost in the here and now

Life

Memory: Lost in the here and now

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Memory: Do animals ever forget?

Life

Memory: Do animals ever forget?

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Memory: Secrets of a champion

Life

Memory: Secrets of a champion

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Jazz-singing robot could shed light on consciousness

Life

Jazz-singing robot could shed light on consciousness

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Reality: How does consciousness fit in?

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Reality: How does consciousness fit in?

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Reality: How can we know it exists?

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Reality: How can we know it exists?

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Ageing cells offer new target for Alzheimer's therapy

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Ageing cells offer new target for Alzheimer's therapy

Brain cells that turn toxic in old age and release damaging proteins are linked to the accumulation of plaques in Alzheimer's disease

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Humans

How do you make a good prediction?

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Humans

Is 8 hours a night right for everyone?

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Humans

Is love just chemical trickery?

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Life

Warmonger or idealist: the roots of human conflict

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