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woman with head injury

Mind

A single severe head injury can trigger long-term brain damage

Brain scans show that one major head injury can cause similar long-term brain damage to that seen in NFL players who have had many smaller head knocks

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Judith Grisel

Mind

What makes us addicts? Judith Grisel is determined to find out

Regulars

Jon Spooner (left) meets Apollo astronaut Al Worden in the Space Shed

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EEG machines can monitor the brainwaves of extremely premature babies

Mind

Mini-brains grown in a lab show neural activity like preterm babies

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Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age

Health

Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age

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brain circuitry

Technology

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

Features

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

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The US embassy in Havana, Cuba

Mind

Brain scans hint the mysterious 'sonic attack' in Cuba was real

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hand and arm

Health

Nerve surgery helps people with paralysis control their hands and arms

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nematode worm

Life

Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time

A complete map of all the neurons and their connections in both sexes of an animal – a tiny worm – has been described for the first time

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

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Synaesthesia

Mind

Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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Health

Findings that many unconscious people may be aware is a wake-up call

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