Meet the puzzle-solving gorillas shedding light on how speech evolved
19 July 2021
The evolutionary origins of speech may be glimpsed in the tool-using abilities of great apes, as Clare Wilson discovered on a visit to a wildlife reserve in the UK
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In Silico review: The ambitious project to recreate the human brain
19 May 2021
In Silico doesn't look slick, but it is a sharply scripted documentary about an ambitious, billion-euro project to model the intricacies of the human brain – and in just 10 years, says Simon Ings
Science with Sam: Why can’t we stay awake indefinitely?
27 April 2021
We spend one-third of our lives asleep, but why is it so essential? In this episode, we explain the science of sleep and why we can’t stay awake indefinitely.
You are not one person: Why your sense of self must be an illusion
9 December 2020
We have a strong sense of continuous, coherent existence – yet from the cells that make our bodies to our defining character traits, we are in a constant state of change
Think your sense of self is located in your brain? Think again
9 December 2020
Most of us instinctively think that our sense of self is located in our head – but experiments show that our brains aren’t working alone in creating our sense of self
Our sense of time may be warped because parts of our brain get tired
14 September 2020
If you have ever felt time going more slowly than it really does, it could be because time-sensitive neurons in your brain are fatigued from repeated stimulation
My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury
15 April 2020
Our brains influence all aspects of our lives, including our sexual desires. This means brain injuries can have some surprising effects, says Amee Baird
The way we think about the brain may be completely wrong
15 April 2020
Thinking of the brain as a machine may be hampering our progress in understanding how it works, says The Idea of the Brain: A history by Matthew Cobb
Don't miss: I Am Not Okay With This, aged brains, and invisible worlds
19 February 2020
This week, watch Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, catch up with positive stories about how our brains age, and listen as a podcast reveals the built world
Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans
14 February 2020
Our ape cousins have asymmetrical brains just like we do, which might require us to rethink ideas on the evolution of brain specialism in our hominin ancestors
