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Health

How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

Bullying and other social stresses may make it easier for inflammatory substances to enter your brain, altering your mood and leaving you susceptible to depression

News

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

News

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Health

Your brain signals weaken and slow down when you’re really tired

News

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Health

People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains

News

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Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

News

Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

Humans

Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

News

Angry woman

Health

Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage

News

Sergio Canavero

Health

Inside the mind of the man who wants to transplant human heads

Features

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Health

Your autopilot mode is real - now we know how the brain does it

News

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Health

Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

The most detailed study yet of orgasm brain activity has discovered why climaxing makes women feel less pain, and shown that ‘switching off’ isn’t necessary.

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

Comment

Health

Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude

News

Health

Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain

News

Health

Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

News

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