Health
Paralysed man uses mind control to walk again
A device that monitors brain signals was hooked up to muscle-activating electrodes in the man's legs, enabling him to control his movement just by thinking about it
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Humans
Morality 2.0: How manipulating our minds could save the world
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Earth
We can’t rely on science alone to make us better people
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Mind
Brain stimulation can alter our desire to punish wrongdoers
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Environment
Have we turned dogs into lazy thinkers through domestication?
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Health
Can red wine and chocolate really stave off Alzheimer’s disease?
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Life
Can software suffer? Death and pain in digital brains
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Health
Alzheimer’s may have been transmitted via human growth hormone
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Health
Curing blind children reveals how the brain makes sense of sight
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Health
Practising staring at dots can shrink your blind spot
Certain exercises can reduce the gaps in our visual field, and may eventually help those with eye damage to see better
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Health
Down in the dumps? Don’t worry, your brain is still on point
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Environment
Knut the polar bear’s mysterious cause of death revealed
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Humans
How creative computers will dream up things we’d never imagine
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Humans
Why being bored is stimulating 鈥� and useful, too
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