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Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s
Interfering with a crucial protein in mice can stop it turning bad – a trick that seems to prevent Alzheimer’s and may explain why other treatments have failed
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Humans
Synaesthetes who ‘see’ calendar hint how our brains handle time
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Life
The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we’re still on top
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How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines
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‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant
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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate
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Environment
Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains
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Evidence of ‘shaken baby’ questioned by controversial study
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Humans
Video-triggered ‘brain orgasms’ are mysteriously disappearing
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Laser probe lets brain surgeons identify cancer cells with sound
It can be hard to see which cells are malignant and which are healthy during an operation – it may be easier to hear the difference
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The moment my hallucinations made me ask if I was dead
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Humans
Drug that stops brain plaques may show if they cause Alzheimer’s
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You are hallucinating right now to make sense of the world
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Earth
Brown pebble turns out to be first ever pickled dinosaur brain
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