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neuroscience

artists impression of neuron

Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

Recording the electrical activity of the fine branches of human neurons has revealed that our brain cells are much more sophisticated than those of other animals

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Henry Marsh: A life in brain surgery

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Henry Marsh: A life in brain surgery

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hopscotch game

Mind

Animals can count, but can't read numbers - and now we know why

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octopus

Life

Octopuses taking MDMA get all huggy and loved-up with each other

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A person in a Mars simulation

Space

A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain

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A brain scan of a healthy brain

Health

We've cracked the brain's emotion code and it may help depression

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Man with post-it notes

Mind

Struggling to multitask? Your brain might have hit full capacity

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Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves

Health

Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves

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One person not following the herd

Mind

We can train ourselves to be better at knowing when we are wrong

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laughing baby

Humans

The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously

Is non-conscious emotion possible, in animals, humans, even robots? This is just one fascinating thought experiment in an authoritative new book on emotions

Culture

Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

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Health

Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed

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Health

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

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Health

Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals

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