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brains
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Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?
We will never know who spoke the first sentence or what they said, but we can have some…
She’s obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog’s inner life
“Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.” I’m woken by the sound of my own voice looping madly. My sleep-addled mind can’t…
The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death
The severed pig’s head had come from the local abattoir. It would have typically been discarded, but Zvonimir…
The Future Loves You review: Could brain freezing cure all disease – indirectly?
Checking on patients at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona Jesse Rieser/New York The Future Loves YouAriel Zeleznikow-Johnston…
Take control of your brain’s master switch to optimise how you think
Place a finger on the back of your skull, at a point roughly level with the tops of…
The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone…
An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when…
Patients Are Turning to Vibrators to Relieve Their Migraines
My friend Jack suffers from the most terrible migraines. But he has an unusual solution. When his migraine…
I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
One afternoon I was using the device for a little over an hour when I heard a voice…
Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments
Exactly why CSD starts, nobody knows. Similarly, plenty of mysteries remain about what activates the pain of migraines.…