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Wearing a tie may be restricting blood flow to your brain
Tightly-worn ties have been found to impair the brain’s blood supply, prompting one scientist to suggest that it’s time to abandon them altogether
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Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too
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The brain’s secret powerhouse that makes us who we are
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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains
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Many psychiatric conditions have the same genes in common
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Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease
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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
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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives
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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong
Many scientists think that our big brains evolved to help us cope with the complexities of social living, but a model suggests it was more to do with finding food and lighting fires
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World’s most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran
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People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result
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Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you
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Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate
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