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brains

Location of the mind remains a mystery

Life

Location of the mind remains a mystery

A patient who preserved their self-awareness despite extensive brain damage suggests that our map of the brain needs rethinking

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Humans

Consciousness as the key to our mental traits

CultureLab

Let's get lost: Apps that help you wander to happiness

Life

Let's get lost: Apps that help you wander to happiness

Features

Boo! Robots learn to jump like frightened mammals

Technology

Boo! Robots learn to jump like frightened mammals

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Epidemic of plain packaging to curb smoking uptake

Health

Epidemic of plain packaging to curb smoking uptake

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Brain anatomy can reveal your age

Life

Brain anatomy can reveal your age

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Scientific explanation of psychopathy cuts jail time

Life

Scientific explanation of psychopathy cuts jail time

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Waste disposal network discovered in the brain

Health

Waste disposal network discovered in the brain

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They never forget: The strange gift of perfect memory

Health

They never forget: The strange gift of perfect memory

Features

Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests

Life

Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests

Despite a US Supreme Court ruling, intellectually disabled convicts are being executed – and it's all down to errors in IQ testing

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Life

Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery

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Life

Bad science behind unconstitutional US executions

Opinion

Humans

The purpose and problems of pain

CultureLab

Life

Stem cells responsible for higher brain function found

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