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Mind

Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing

Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices, which probably help them better identify birds and may even protect against age-related cognitive decline

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Environment

Extreme heat hampers children鈥檚 early learning

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Life

The animals revealing why human culture isn’t as special as we thought

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Mind

How neuroscience can help you find the perfect children’s toy

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Mind

Why we avoid effort even though it can improve our well-being

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Humans

The fascinating truth about why common sense isn’t really that common

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Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)

Life

Ants learn faster on caffeine

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Technology

AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a newborn chick

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Mind

Babies may start to learn language before they are born

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Teenage girl using laptop and internet to study online

Mind

Why great people don’t always give good advice

Whatever your area of interest, it would seem sensible to learn from the best. Recent research disagrees, finds David Robson

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Humans

The unique, vanishing languages that hold secrets about how we think

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Health

People with synaesthesia blend their senses – now we know why

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51动漫 Live: Photographs from the show floor

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Technology

DeepMind AI learns physics by watching videos that don’t make sense

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