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Technology

Addicted to tech? A brain chemical imbalance may be to blame

A study of Korean teenagers suggests a brain chemical imbalance can be a sign of tech addiction. But is it really possible to be addicted to your smartphone?

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Health

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

News

psychedelic artwork

Health

Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

Features

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

Humans

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

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Angry woman

Health

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

News

You can trust me: Five shortcuts to show that you’re for real

Humans

You can trust me: Five shortcuts to show that you’re for real

Features

Hand holds steering wheel

Health

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

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Girls with binary code

Technology

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

Comment

A person with skin cream

Health

Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive

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A centre in France for people with visual impairment

Health

Blind people repurpose the brain's visual areas for language

For the first time, language processing has been detected in areas of the brain that usually process vision, highlighting the organ’s extraordinary flexibility

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Health

I found a way to communicate with people trapped in their bodies

Features

Humans

We ignore what doesn’t fit with our biases – even if it costs us

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Life

Your teenager's biology demands later school starts and lie-ins

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Humans

Our greatest creation: Where maths comes from and what it's for

Features