Brain Studies
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How does brain folding work? Scientists are trying to find out
Understanding the connection between the organ’s structure and function may lead to early diagnostic tools for brain diseases.
Mir Jalil Razavi, The Conversation & Weiying Dai, The Conversation
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When you daydream, parts of your brain show sleep-like activity
Scientists estimate we spend up to half our waking lives thinking about something other than the task at hand.
Thomas Andrillon, The Conversation, Jennifer Windt, The Conversation & Naotsugu Tsuchiya, The Conversation
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Do atheists think differently from religious people? Scientists are trying to find out
Atheists may think more analytically than religious people, but it is far from proven.
Miguel Farias, The Conversation
Trending
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
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An Indian community’s journey to becoming a major financial player in Singapore and Malaysia
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After the trauma of Covid-19 lockdown, some of India’s migrants have resolved to work closer to home
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‘Who watches the Thomas Cup?’: Comic Danish Sait parodies a conversation after India’s historic win
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Is it time to tidy up with Marie Kondo? Five ways that clutter could be bad for your home and health
Clutter can make us feel stressed, anxious and depressed. It can also impact our ability to process information and connect with people. Here's why.
Libby Sander, The Conversation
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Experiments to bring pigs back to ‘life’ show why immortality for humans isn’t a great idea
At least not with the current level of scientific advancement.
Benjamin Curtis, The Conversation
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Neuroscience is unlocking mysteries of the teenage brain
When it comes to neuroscience, there’s no such thing as an ‘average’ teenager.
Lucy Foulkes, The Conversation
Video
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‘If you don’t want to follow rules, get out’: Actor Patti LuPone calls out maskless audience members
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Watch: Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as the first Black, openly gay, White House press secretary
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Watch: How the music video of Ukraine’s Eurovision winning entry ‘Stefania’ was filmed
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Watch: Children come together to teach friend how to ride a bicycle
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Caught on camera: People flee for cover during landslide near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
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How brain implants can let paralysed people move again
Doctors are working to reconnect the brain to paralysed limbs.
Dimitra Blana and Andrew Jackson, The Conversation
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Keeping actively bilingual makes our brains more efficient at relaying information
What being able to speak more than one language does to the structure of our brains.
Christos Pliatsikas, The Conversation