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Jellyfish can learn from experience even though they lack a brain

As one of the biologically simplest kinds of animal, we might have thought jellyfish can’t learn, but it turns out they can

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Mice with forebrains composed of rat and mouse cells

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Mice grown with rat brains to help study cross-species organ donation

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Brain activity in speech production shown on a coloured functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRIf) scan

Mind

The entire brain may be involved in language, not just a few regions

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Implant lets people type on virtual keyboards with just brain signals

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Implant lets people type on virtual keyboards with just brain signals

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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Rats laugh at a pitch too high for humans to hear

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Rats have a 'laugh centre' in their brains that responds to tickling

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The probe can be inserted into a blood vessel via a catheter (cyan)

Health

Deep-brain probe can read a rat's brain without surgical implants

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Brain scans are putting a major theory of consciousness to the test

Mind

Brain scans are putting a major theory of consciousness to the test

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Mind

We now know how our brain works to overcome negative emotions

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How ultrasound therapy could treat everything from ageing to cancer

Health

How ultrasound therapy could treat everything from ageing to cancer

Ultrasound is most familiar to us as a non-invasive imaging technology used during pregnancy – now it is in clinical trials as a powerful new tool for treating all sorts of medical conditions

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Mind

We know now what happens in our brain to make us scared of heights

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Mind

Why you shouldn't believe claims that there are 7 types of ADHD

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How your brain stays focused on conversations in a noisy room

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Health

People with synaesthesia blend their senses - now we know why

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