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The "subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane" helps shield and protect the brain.
"Jumping genes" exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
It was a particularly good year for biotech and medical technology. There were also notable advances in energy.
What if you could just grow your own blood?
They could also "turn off" their fear.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
These were the stories you clicked on the most.
Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
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Our society is in a mental health crisis. Are psychedelics the way out?
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
To prevent overloading the memory system, the brain may have a mechanism that tosses out certain types of memories.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
What you see is what you hear.
A concept known as "wave-particle duality" famously applies to light. But it also applies to all matter — including you.
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood.
Eyes with lower pigment (blue or grey eyes) don’t need to absorb as much light as brown or dark eyes before this information reaches the retinal cells. This might provide light-eyed people with some resilience to SAD.
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Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.