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How much of your brain do you need to survive?
By Marilyn Perkins published
Case reports of people with atypical brains reveal the human brain's staggering ability to adapt to damage.

Evidence refuting free will is being misinterpreted, scientists argue
By Aaron Schurger, Adina Roskies, Uri Maoz published
Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted.

Brain aging accelerates dramatically around age 44 — could ketone supplements help?
By Kamal Nahas published
A study of thousands of people finds that neural connections in the brain start to break down quickly around age 44, but the research hints that ketone supplements could potentially help slow that brain aging.

Brain quiz: Test your knowledge of the most complex organ in the body
By Nicoletta Lanese published
What do you know about the wrinkly organ inside your skull?

Why don't we remember being babies?
By Benjamin Shouse, Emily Cooke last updated
The inability to remember your first few years of life is called infantile amnesia. But why does it happen?

AI analysis of 100 hours of real conversations — and the brain activity underpinning them — reveals how humans understand language
By Anna Demming published
An AI model trained on dozens of hours of real-world conversation accurately predicts human brain activity and shows that features of language structure emerge without being coded in.

Is there really a difference between male and female brains? Emerging science is revealing the answer.
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Brain scans, postmortem dissections, artificial intelligence and lab mice reveal differences in the brain that are linked to sex. Do we know what they mean?

'Let's just study males and keep it simple': How excluding female animals from research held neuroscience back, and could do so again
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Neuroscience research has only recently begun to prioritize the inclusion of both male and female lab animals in studies. Could we see that shift reverse?

Scientists discover never-before-seen type of brain cell
By Emily Cooke published
A new study has pinpointed cells in the brains of mice that have the unique ability to proliferate and may help to repair damaged tissue. Scientists now need to determine if similar cells exist in human brains.
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