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Miniature brain and skull found inside 16-year-old girl’s ovary

A tumour removed from a girl in Japan contained a thin plate of bone covering a brain-like structure capable of sending electric impulses between cells

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Brain’s face recognition area grows much bigger as we get older

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US Congress just made it easier to ditch science for politics

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Living near a highway may increase dementia risk by 7 per cent

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Brain shrinks less in older people who eat Mediterranean diet

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Tiny nanoelectrodes record brain’s activity without damaging it

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A cure for ageing is near but you probably can’t afford it

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Moral dilemma: should we reshape society because we can?

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Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy

Together, single-gene disorders are more common than Down’s syndrome. Now there’s a safe prenatal test that can help prospective parents decide what to do

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False memory helps us think but we can’t do it when we’re tired

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Computer uses facial cues to spot if people have autism

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Battle to see all data behind drug trial tragedy must go on

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Australia bans non-prescription codeine to fight opioid crisis

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