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Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

For some the year is a C stretching out in front of them, for others it’s a hula hoop. The ways some people visualise calendars could shed light on memory itself

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Humans

Effortless thinking: It pays to resist revenge's sweet taste

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

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Technology

Weaponised microwave may be behind alleged sonic attacks in Cuba

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Humans

Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep

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Humans

How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs

Culture

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Health

Teenage brains can’t tell what’s important and what isn’t

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Health

Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

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Health

Making your brain cells longer could help ward off Alzheimer’s

People who die with plaques and tangles in their brain but no signs of dementia may have changed the shape of connections between neurons to withstand the disease

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Humans

Your music tastes can be changed by using magnets on your brain

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Health

Brain training game linked to lower dementia risk a decade later

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Humans

What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

Culture

Humans

Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things

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