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Mini-brains grown in a lab show neural activity like preterm babies
Miniature brains grown in a lab show remarkably similar activity to preterm babies’ brain, dispelling the idea that brains need to develop in a womb to function
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Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age
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Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light
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Physics
Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world
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Brain scans hint the mysterious ‘sonic attack’ in Cuba was real
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Nerve surgery helps people with paralysis control their hands and arms
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Life
Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time
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Physics
The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
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Synaesthesia
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Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity
Neurons in lab-grown ‘mini brains’ can be coaxed into communicating with each other, which might help in disease research – while also raising ethical questions
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Findings that many unconscious people may be aware is a wake-up call
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Fate vs free will: A new book clarifies the determinism debate
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How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness
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Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood
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