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Health

Nerve surgery helps people with paralysis control their hands and arms

People with quadriplegia can feed themselves and brush their teeth thanks to nerve surgery – and doctors say it’s time to make the surgery more widely available

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Life

Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

Features

Synaesthesia

Definition

Synaesthesia

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Mind

Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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Health

Findings that many unconscious people may be aware is a wake-up call

Leader

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Mind

Fate vs free will: A new book clarifies the determinism debate

Culture

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Mind

How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness

Features

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Health

Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood

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Health

Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

Both meditation and psychedelic drugs can lead to more self-awareness and serenity. Now a study has found that combining the two seems to magnify the effect

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Mind

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on why we laugh and a love of thermostats

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Technology

The truth about lie detectors: They don't work and never have

Insight

Building bionic people and controlling computers with thought alone

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Mind

A touchy-feely part of the brain helps you enjoy a gentle caress

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