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

18 October 2018

Recording the electrical activity of the fine branches of human neurons has revealed that our brain cells are much more sophisticated than those of other animals

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

18 October 2018

A study has found links between a person's genes and university. But intelligence and other complex traits are shaped by both genetics and environment

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

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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