Health
We’ve finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories
For the first time, scans of sleeping people have shown how memories are moved in the brain, and suggest that the first hours of shut-eye are key for memory
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Humans
The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
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Health
See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels
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Health
Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state
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Health
Meet the team who ‘woke’ a man from 15 years in vegetative state
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Humans
Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid
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Environment
Sex and aggression linked in male mouse brains but not in female
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Health
Blind people repurpose the brain’s visual areas for language
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Environment
Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs
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Health
AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge
A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease
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Humans
Five ways technology can read your mind – and what it’s good for
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Health
I found a way to communicate with people trapped in their bodies
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Health
Lost in meditation: Two books argue over mindfulness
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Life
Rat brains seen replaying scary memories as they sleep
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