Life
A new history of cultural big ideas looks to the East for solace
To create a less divisive world, Jeremy Lent's The Patterning Instinct wants to get rid of the Western split between animalistic urges and rational control
Culture
Health
Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months
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Humans
The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation
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Health
Our brains prefer invented visual information to the real thing
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Health
Brain stent to let five paralysed people control exoskeleton
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Humans
How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration
Features
Health
Test combo could distinguish Alzheimer’s earlier than ever
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Humans
Brain zaps let minimally conscious people communicate for a week
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Humans
Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster
Features
Health
A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay
A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it
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Health
Electrode can tell you if a baby is really experiencing pain
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Environment
Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them
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Humans
Does mind-hack tech mean your brain needs its own legal rights?
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Health
Your inner hoarder: Why letting go is so hard to do
Features