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Neuroscience

2R61H1F Dean Lloyd (left) uses a touch screen monitor to test his Argus II eye implant at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Neuroscientist Matthew McMahon monitors Lloyd's progress. Lloyd, who has been completely blind for several years, can now see rough images of shapes and colors thanks to the experimental implant developed by Second Sight. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Doctors warn about the rise of people with obsolete medical implants

When companies that produce medical implants shut down, the people who still have them inside their bodies are left with little support. Doctors are calling for medical regulators to take action on this growing problem

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Life

Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when they dive

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Technology

Implant lets people type on virtual keyboards with just brain signals

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Technology

AI recreates clip of Pink Floyd song from recordings of brain activity

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Rats laugh at a pitch too high for humans to hear

Life

Rats have a ‘laugh centre’ in their brains that responds to tickling

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Microscope image of Krause corpuscles

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Neurons that respond to vibration discovered in the clitoris and penis

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Octopus laqueus having a sleep

Life

Octopuses have a REM-like sleep state where they appear to dream

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Mind

Brain activity ‘barcodes’ may be linked to specific memories in birds

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Health

Man with paralysis can walk by activating spine implants with his mind

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BFA2A1 Fancy Rat, Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus domesticus, Rattus norvegicus domestica), six weeks old animal held in one hand

Technology

Rats can move objects in virtual reality using only their thoughts

By reading a rat's intentions from its brain patterns, an AI can help the rodent move objects in a virtual environment

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Mind

Psychedelics may increase entropy in the brain’s vision centre

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Comment

The Battle for Your Brain review: A guide to neuro nightmares ahead

Culture

Health

Two brain pathways identified that govern the urge to itch

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Health

The brain may flush out its waste products after a mental workout

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