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Little-known drug keeps climbers鈥� minds sharp at high altitude
An obscure drug, oxiracetam, seems to boost the brain's blood supply and reduce cognitive deficits caused by altitude, according to a study at 4000 metres
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Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain
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Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons
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We’ve finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories
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The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
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See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels
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Electric zap 鈥榳akes鈥� man after 15 years in a vegetative state
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Meet the team who ‘woke’ a man from 15 years in vegetative state
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Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid
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Sex and aggression linked in male mouse brains but not in female
In male mice, the same brain cells influence both aggressive and sexual behaviours, but for the first time we now know that's not the case for females
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Blind people repurpose the brain’s visual areas for language
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Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs
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AI spots Alzheimer鈥檚 brain changes years before symptoms emerge
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Five ways technology can read your mind 鈥� and what it鈥檚 good for
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