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Humans

Chill factors: The everyday things that make us see ghosts

Seeing ghosts is all too human, but what spooks us and why are some more susceptible? Surveys of "haunted" sites and gameplay are unmasking clues

Features

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Health

Head transplant mavericks must be scrutinised, not ignored

Leader

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Health

Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out

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Memory athlete

Humans

How to train your brain to be like a memory champion’s

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Health

Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them

Features

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

News

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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Health

Mystery of déjà vu explained – it’s how we check our memories

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Life

Does eating more salt prevent migraines and severe headaches?

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Health

Stem cell brain injections let people walk again after stroke

People once confined to wheelchairs because of stroke showed improvements in movement and speech with the help of stem cells injected into the brain

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Life

The self comes under attack in Nick Payne's new play, Elegy

Culture

Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab

Humans

The Myth of the Moral Brain: Could a drug make us nicer people?

CultureLab

Life

Newborn neurons observed in a live brain for first time

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