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There are two types of worrier - which you are depends on genes

Health

There are two types of worrier - which you are depends on genes

The genomes of half a million people reveal that there are two kinds of worrier, providing new clues about how genes help form our personalities

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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Health

First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

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Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Health

Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease

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consciousness artwork

Life

Consciousness: How we’re solving a mystery bigger than our minds

Features

A wall of brain scans

Technology

AI can detect early signs of Parkinson's from brain scans alone

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A doughnut

Health

Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why

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pyschedelics

Life

Changing our minds about psychedelics takes a great guide

Culture

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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The gene that led to the human intelligence boom has been found

Humans

The gene that led to the human intelligence boom has been found

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Humans

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

If you have a large brain, certain regions are much bigger than expected and others are smaller – but we don’t know how this affects brain function yet

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Life

How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork

Features

Health

Brains grow brand new neurons after experimental drug injection

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Health

Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

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Life

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

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