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neuroscience

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Tiny particles seem to stop misfolded proteins from forming toxic clumps in the brains of mice, improving their performance on physical tests

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Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections

Health

Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections

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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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A brain

Humans

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

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Walter Pitts

Life

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

Features

A brain implant

Health

Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

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A man thinking hard and a lightbulb

Humans

Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment

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A woman laughing

Humans

The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled

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DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us

Technology

DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us

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scene from Emma

Humans

Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds

Unexpected aspects of how our minds work are revealed in a fascinating book exploring the stories we tell to entertain ourselves and help us cope

Culture

Health

Smart people literally have bigger brain cells than the rest

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Life

Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

Comment

Humans

Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds

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Humans

Your mind is not an iceberg – there's nothing under the surface

Culture

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