Humans
Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle
It’s an evolutionary mystery how humans and other primates found the energy to support their large brains, but now it seems sacrificing some muscle might have helped
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Surgical instruments may spread Alzheimer’s proteins
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Environment
Birds ‘dream sing’ by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep
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First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems
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Some people with epilepsy can learn to stop their own seizures
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Brain genes hint at why Zika doesn’t always cause microcephaly
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Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery
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The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction
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Humans
A brain scan can reveal which people you’re friends with
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Earth
Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier
We thought that Homo sapiens were confined to Africa until 120,000 years ago, but a jawbone from an Israeli cave reveals an exodus over 170,000 years ago Â
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Humans
Some people identify smells as easily as if they were colours
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People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine
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A daily blast of sound and electrical pulses may tame tinnitus
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It’s never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses
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