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This Idea is Brilliant: writing about knowing

How we get at the truth is a big deal for thinkers in a collection of essays, edited by a great popular science impresario

Culture

Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery

Health

Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery

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reading book

Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

Culture

Number 10 on Xmas decoration

Health

It's never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses

Culture

A walnut on a spoon

Health

Fasting may boost brainpower by giving neurons more energy

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Brain scans of a normal brain (left) and the boy missing a visual cortex (right)

Health

A boy is missing the vision bit of his brain but can still see

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People using smart phones

Technology

Addicted to tech? A brain chemical imbalance may be to blame

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Teenagers sitting on the couch

Health

Teenage brains can’t tell what’s important and what isn’t

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psychedelic artwork

Health

Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

Features

Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

Humans

Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

The placebo effect not only works in medicine, it can also boost cognitive ability, unleashing creativity and driving original thought

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Health

Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage

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Humans

You can trust me: Five shortcuts to show that you’re for real

Features

Health

Your autopilot mode is real - now we know how the brain does it

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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