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Are You A Social Butterfly? It Can Change Your Brain For Good

According to researchers from the University of Oxford, people with bigger social networks often ha…

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The Human Brain Is A Tangled Clump Of Wires But A New Theory Suggests That's Why We Are So Smart

Early human ancestors and most other mammals' brains are wired with straightforward circuits that p…

Kelly Dickerson   


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Neanderthals' Brain May Have Been What Killed Them Off

"Smaller social groups might have made Neanderthals less able to cope with the difficulties of thei…

Robert Ferris   


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Scientists have an interesting theory about how we got such big brains

And this new information could be used to help us in the future, too. The researchers think what th…

Molly Sequin   


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Zika brain damage is going undetected in babies because tests only screen for one defect

"Although we believe that the underreporting of microcephaly cases is rare during the epidemic, new…

Lisa Ryan   


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Scientists Found Something Strange When They Looked At The Brains Of Pot Smokers

For starters, this study - which was the first ever to look at the longterm effects of weed smoking…

Erin Brodwin   


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Having 1 beer a day could age your brain two years, new study finds

Researchers found alcohol consumption within national safety guidelines was linked to a loss of bra…

Andrea Michelson   


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A company you've never heard of is quietly leading the driverless car revolution

That's because it's a company working on big projects behind the scenes. It's first foray into the …

Danielle Muoio   


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Now, you can check how smart your child is using an MRI

Moscow, Dec 30 () Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- a common technique used to obtain images of h…

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7 reasons why your pupils may be dilated, from low light to sexual attraction

When pupils are dilated, it means that they grow larger in size. This can happen for a number of di…

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Human intelligence might have a counterintuitive origin

Here's how that loop works: Human babies are born unusually early in their brain development (for e…

Lydia Ramsey   


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Elon Musk has raised $27 million to link human brains with computers

Musk started Neuralink to link the human brain with computers by creating micron-sized devices to b…

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Elon Musk says he's confident Neuralink will be ready to put chips into human brains in the next 6 months

At a show-and-tell event, Musk demonstrated the brain-computer interface with a video of a monkey t…

Beatrice Nolan   


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Men With Big Balls Are Less Involved Parents

The authors suggest that more invested fathers may have been impacted by early-life stress or unpre…

Jennifer Welsh   


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Comparing an orca's brain to a human's explains why killer whales are the ocean's ultimate apex predator

Orcas and humans are at the top of their respective food chains. To understand why, just take a loo…

Emily Swaim   


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AI can identify clinically anxious youth based on brain structure: Study

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help recognise individuals with anxiety disorders based on their u…

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Harsh parenting may stunt children's brain growth, study suggests

In a recent study, kids exposed to harsh parenting had less gray matter in their prefrontal cortex …

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This British Lord claimed that pornography shrinks your brain

The Bishop has long held concerns about pornography and has previously told the House of Lords that…

Jeremy Wilson