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Mind

Brain scans hint the mysterious 'sonic attack' in Cuba was real

US diplomats in Havana reported a mysterious illness in 2016, but it was unclear if the effects were psychosomatic. Now scans suggest their brains have changed

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Nerve surgery helps people with paralysis control their hands and arms

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Life

Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

Features

Synaesthesia

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Synaesthesia

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Mind

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

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Findings that many unconscious people may be aware is a wake-up call

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Mind

Fate vs free will: A new book clarifies the determinism debate

Culture

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Mind

How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness

Features

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Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood

Young blood has mysterious powers to improve cognition in older animals. Two proteins that boost structures in neurons seem to be behind the effect

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Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

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Mind

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on why we laugh and a love of thermostats

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Technology

The truth about lie detectors: They don't work and never have

Insight

Building bionic people and controlling computers with thought alone

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