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Awake asleep: Insomniac brains that can't switch off

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Awake asleep: Insomniac brains that can't switch off

They say they haven't slept a wink, but tests show they were asleep all night. Figuring out this bizarre insomnia could tell us more about waking brains too

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Has social living shrunk our brains?

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Has social living shrunk our brains?

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Twisted brain lobes could make depression more likely

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Twisted brain lobes could make depression more likely

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Sentient robots? Not possible if you do the maths

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Sentient robots? Not possible if you do the maths

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Separated at birth, but split brains build new bridges

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Separated at birth, but split brains build new bridges

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Real-life <i>Inception</i>: Zap your brain to control dreams

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Real-life Inception: Zap your brain to control dreams

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QBism: Is quantum uncertainty all in the mind?

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QBism: Is quantum uncertainty all in the mind?

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Losing our religion: Your guide to a godless future

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Losing our religion: Your guide to a godless future

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Fibre sends appetite-suppressing molecule to the brain

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Fibre sends appetite-suppressing molecule to the brain

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Induced hallucination turns doctors into pizza chefs

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Induced hallucination turns doctors into pizza chefs

By zapping precise regions of a volunteer's brain, hallucinations were created that transported him to a local railway station – and his family's pizzeria

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Protein that shrinks depressed brains identified

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Scans can be vital in judging severity of brain damage

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Shakespeare: Unleashing a tempest in the brain

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How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

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