Mind
Getting stuff wrong is key to smarter artificial intelligence
To err is human, but we need to let machines fail sometimes too if we want them to cope with the real world
Opinion
Health
Brain-shocking therapy may work by boosting calcium in the brain
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Humans
Brains of elderly people who exercise look 10 years younger
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Environment
Explosive road rage-like anger linked to parasite spread by cats
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Health
鈥楩earless鈥� twins reveal how our bodies affect our emotions
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Life
Nature鈥檚 brain: A radical new view of evolution
Features
Environment
Manta rays are first fish to recognise themselves in a mirror
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Mind
Rats learn to sense infrared in hours thanks to brain implants
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Humans
What makes you conscious 鈥� and where is it in your brain?
Features
Health
Newborn neurons observed in a live brain for first time
Watching the birth of new neurons has revealed their role in distinguishing between good and bad memories 鈥� a discovery that could aid treatment for depression
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Humans
A mind trick that can break down your brain’s barrier to success
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Health
Animal Electricity: How the forces inside cells actually behave
Culture
Humans
I鈥檓 creating telepathy technology to get brains talking
Opinion
Humans
A new kind of logic: How to upgrade the way we think
Features