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mental health

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

Health

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

The words we hear are often obscured by other noises, but it doesn’t matter. Before we get a chance to notice, our brains guess what we should hear instead

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What makes a good surgeon? Video analysis rates suturing skills

Technology

What makes a good surgeon? Video analysis rates suturing skills

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Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Washing hands

Health

Brain’s inability to see that something is safe causes OCD

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Pixel-perfect play confronts the reality of immersive therapy

Technology

Pixel-perfect play confronts the reality of immersive therapy

Culture

Brain scan of person with Alzheimer's disease

Health

Autoimmune disorders linked to an increased risk of dementia

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A man

Technology

Facebook is testing AI tools to help prevent suicide

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Bowls of fruit and vegetables

Health

You should be eating 10 pieces of fruit or veg every day, not 5

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Mouse surrounded by grass

Life

'Meditating mice' reveal secrets of mindfulness training

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Red kettle pictured with smart electricity monitoring scheme

Humans

Smart meter tracks when the kettle’s on to check grandpa’s OK

A monitoring system, tested in hundreds of UK homes, builds profiles of energy use and sends alerts if someone’s routine changes in a worrying way

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Health

Trump may be very flawed but that doesn't make him mentally ill

Comment

Health

Screening soldiers doesn’t protect them from mental illness

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Health

Heal yourself from inside your dreams

Features

Technology

How almost-impossible video games can create euphoric moments

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