Humans
Your Brain Is a Time Machine: Why we need to talk about time
From space-time to the way minds keep time, getting to grips with the temporal is complex but rewarding, shows a new book
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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Humans
Does mind-hack tech mean your brain needs its own legal rights?
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Humans
Deviate attempts to alter the way we perceive the world
Culture
Environment
Drunken crayfish show that loneliness raises alcohol tolerance
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Health
Start-up uses biometrics to tailor music for good night’s sleep
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Health
Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines
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Life
Entire nervous system of an animal recorded for the first time
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Health
Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out
Taking deep breaths during meditation or yoga can make you feel relaxed, but we don’t know why. Now some extremely chilled-out mice have given us a clue
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Earth
Changing clocks twice a year is bad for health and energy use
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Health
When I try to imagine my girlfriend’s face, I draw a blank
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Health
People with no mind’s eye may help us boost our creativity
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Humans
Emotions are not universal – we build them for ourselves
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