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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 grown with rat brains to help study cross-species organ donation
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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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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine
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Rats have a ‘laugh centre’ in their brains that responds to tickling
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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
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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
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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We know now what happens in our brain to make us scared of heights
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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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People with synaesthesia blend their senses – now we know why
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