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We dream loads more than we thought 鈥� and forget most of it
The brain area that controls dreaming has been discovered. Studying its activity has revealed that even in non-REM sleep, we dream 71 per cent of the time
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People on ecstasy feel loved-up because MDMA boosts trust
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Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out
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MRI brain scans train machines to see the world more like us
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Inside knowledge: What separates fact from belief
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Inside knowledge: Why we like to know useless stuff
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Inside knowledge: What makes scientific knowledge special
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Inside knowledge: What wisdom will live on once we’re gone
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Inside knowledge: How to tell truth from lies
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Inside knowledge: What’s really going on in the minds of animals
Bright animals from chimps to crows know what they know and what others are thinking. But when it comes to abstract knowledge, the picture is more mixed
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Inside knowledge: Why we’ll never know everything
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Inside knowledge: The maximum any one person can ever know
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Inside knowledge: Why knowing thyself is the hardest thing
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Inside knowledge: Is information the only thing that exists?
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