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Your genes help determine how much sleep you need

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DNA mutation lets some people live healthily on only 4 hours' sleep

Studying a family that lives healthily on as little as 4.5 hours of sleep per night has led to the discovery of a gene that controls how much sleep we need

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Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

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Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

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Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

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Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

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I tried to eat myself smarter at a brain-boosting supper club

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Technology

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

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How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals

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How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals

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Photographic memory

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Photographic memory

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

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Synaesthesia

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Synaesthesia

Computer illustration of human nerve cells in the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition involving the death of brain cells

Mind

Our brains replay experiences when we rest to help us make decisions

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Mind

Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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Mind

Shocking evidence shows people in vegetative states may be conscious

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Gut bacteria might influence how our brains develop as children

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