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Health

Mysterious dark brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s and stress

Dark and shrunken microglia cells identified in the brains of people and mice seem to smother brain connections and are associated with age and disease

News

Revealed: the teenage brain upgrades that occur before adulthood

Humans

Revealed: the teenage brain upgrades that occur before adulthood

News

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Life

Memories of favourite locations have a special place in brain

News

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Humans

First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language

News

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Life

When is an animal a person? Neuroscience tries to set the rules

Insight

Close-up of a woman sipping red wine from a large glass

Humans

How the size and shape of your glass affects how much you drink

News

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Health

Fixed by light: Flick a switch to banish pain and blindness

Features

Young woman pressing snooze button on early morning digital alarm clock radio

Humans

Want to control your dreams? These tips may boost your chances

News

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Technology

NHS could soon use smart outfit to diagnose epilepsy

News

People sit an work on their laptops in a coffee shop

Humans

Do you get your best work done in coffee shops? Here's why

It isn't the clattering of plates and the whir of the coffee machine that makes you work better – it's the contagious concentration of the other people

News

Life

Culture picks: Time to spring-clean your mind

Culture

Humans

Everything you've heard about sniffing oxytocin might be wrong

News

Humans

Map of the brain's word filing system could help us read minds

News

Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab