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Life

A new history of cultural big ideas looks to the East for solace

To create a less divisive world, Jeremy Lent's The Patterning Instinct wants to get rid of the Western split between animalistic urges and rational control

Culture

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Health

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

News

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Humans

The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation

News

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Health

Our brains prefer invented visual information to the real thing

News

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Technology

Brain stent to let five paralysed people control exoskeleton

News

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Life

How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration

Features

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Health

Test combo could distinguish Alzheimer’s earlier than ever

News

Brain zaps let minimally conscious people communicate for a week

Humans

Brain zaps let minimally conscious people communicate for a week

News

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Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

Features

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Health

A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it

News

Health

Electrode can tell you if a baby is really experiencing pain

News

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

News

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