Health
Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too
A person who has a brain implant for OCD has had an unexpected side-effect: better blood sugar control. The finding reveals the brain has a role in diabetes
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We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong
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Humans
World’s most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran
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Health
Minimally conscious people woken with brain zap by their family
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Health
Blood from umbilical cord may help fix your brain after a stroke
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Humans
Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment
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Humans
The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled
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Environment
People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result
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Humans
Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds
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Humans
Swirling wall of moving patterns represents our thoughts
It looks like a mountain range in a box, but it's really a frame from an undulating digital artwork, based on algorithms that convert brain waves into imagery
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Humans
Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you
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Life
Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield
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Global cancer scheme lets people share data across the world
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Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate
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