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close up of white lab rat inside cage

If offered, rats will use cannabis to deal with stress

Golden retriever sitting on couch in front of laptop

Golden retrievers and humans share ‘striking’ genetic similarities

Man listening to headphones while writing at desk

Humans sync their blinks and brain waves to a song’s beat

Neural implant sensor resting on grain of salt

This brain implant is smaller than a grain of rice

Close up of Neanderthal skull

Lead has been poisoning humans for over 2 million years

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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By Keith Wagstaff

Worker using laptop and smartphone at office

Sorry, hiding your phone won’t stop your procrastination

Father teaching baby how to walk in living room

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

Patient with paralysis uses mind to pilot virtual quadcopter

Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus), also known as the hairy frogfish.

Anglerfish use ‘extremely rare’ mechanism to control their lures

Neuralink N1 Device breakdown component illustration

39% of electrodes work after second ‘successful’ human Neuralink implant

Close up of human brain neuron

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

mri scan of the brain

A new neural implant can translate brain activity in two languages

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown

Neuralink seeks its next brain implant volunteer

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown

Neuralink admits patient’s brain implant is partially ‘retracted’

Users wearing BCI cap to play video game

This cap is a big step towards universal, noninvasive brain-computer interfaces

Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess

Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)

Cyborg locusts may one day help search-and-rescue missions

Illustration of 3D printed brain tissue culture with 25nm scale

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue