Life
Octopuses taking MDMA get all huggy and loved-up with each other
Octopuses respond to ecstasy in the same way as we do, suggesting the basis for social behaviour evolved more than 500 million years ago
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Space
A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain
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Health
We’ve cracked the brain’s emotion code and it may help depression
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Mind
Struggling to multitask? Your brain might have hit full capacity
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Health
Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves
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Mind
We can train ourselves to be better at knowing when we are wrong
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Humans
The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously
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Mind
Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience
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Health
Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed
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Health
Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take
The first brain-scanning study to track activity in the brain's decision-making centres during gambling shows fluctuations in dopamine levels affect risk-taking
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Health
Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals
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Health
Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
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Health
Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections
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Environment
Seals only sleep with half their brain when they’re out at sea
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