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Nerve cells in small intestine

Health

Your gut is full of neurons and they are replaced every 2 weeks

A mouse study suggests most neurons in the intestines die every two weeks. An imbalance in the number of neurons could lead to gut diseases or even Parkinson’s

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Graphic of inflamed appendix

Health

Parkinson’s disease may start in the appendix and travel to the brain

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David Mzee is one of the men who underwent training

Health

Spinal implants are getting better at reversing paralysis

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face

Mind

The truth behind ASMR and the craze for videos causing 'head orgasms'

Features

Nick Ramsey: Our cyborg future

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Nick Ramsey: Our cyborg future

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collection of objects

Mind

Why memories are an illusion and forgetting is good for you

Features

artists impression of neuron

Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

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Henry Marsh: A life in brain surgery

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Henry Marsh: A life in brain surgery

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hopscotch game

Mind

Animals can count, but can't read numbers - and now we know why

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octopus

Life

Octopuses taking MDMA get all huggy and loved-up with each other

Octopuses respond to ecstasy in the same way as we do, suggesting the basis for social behaviour evolved more than 500 million years ago

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Space

A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain

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Health

We've cracked the brain's emotion code and it may help depression

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Mind

Struggling to multitask? Your brain might have hit full capacity

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Health

Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves

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