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Not everyone has an internal monologue

By Jennifer Byrne

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Computer run on human brain cells learned to play ‘Doom’

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Babysitting grandkids can boost brain health

By Laura Baisas

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Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

By Laura Baisas

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‘Hope in a bottle’ for a deadly cancer and the firefly gene that lit the way

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Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk

By Laura Baisas

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Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83

By Laura Baisas

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This brain implant is smaller than a grain of rice

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Why some memories stick while others fade

By Laura Baisas

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How your brain can tell squishy ‘stuff’ from hard ‘things’

By Laura Baisas

A highly detailed visualization of a glowing blue neuron with electric impulses traveling through its synapses. This futuristic and scientific representation illustrates brain activity, artificial intelligence, and the complexity of neural networks in both biology and technology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

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How does your brain know something is real?

By Keith Wagstaff

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Even old brains can make new neurons, study suggests

By Lauren Leffer

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Your ‘Eureka!’ moments can be seen in brain scans

By Laura Baisas

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex.

Scientists watch how mice learn, one synapse at a time

Father teaching baby how to walk in living room

Why don’t we remember being a baby? New clues in memory mystery.

A fragment of the black organic glass found inside the skull of the deceased individual in Herculaneum.

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass

Tiny pieces of plastic were found lodged in blood vessels in the brains of mice.

Microplastics look like a ‘car crash’ in mice brains

Patient with paralysis uses mind to pilot virtual quadcopter

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How does science explain déjà vu? It’s a brain glitch with a purpose.

By Julia Craven