Physics
The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – so is it conscious?
Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own?
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Tiny brain sensor implanted without surgery dissolves after weeks
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Health
Having more children protects parents’ brains from age-related decline
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Mind
Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies
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Life
Songs that birds ‘sing’ in their dreams translated into sound
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Mind
AI can tell where a mouse is by reading its brain activity
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Mind
The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain
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Mind
AI can tell a person’s sex from brain scans with 90 per cent accuracy
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Consciousness traced to specific clusters of nerve cells in the brain
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Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides
A new way to understand where consciousness comes from and novel insights into subjective thought show that the hard problem of consciousness is worth persevering with
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Technology
Is it ethical to use complex mini-brains for artificial intelligence?
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Life
How talking to your future self can improve your health and happiness
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The Experience Machine review: How our brains predict the daily world
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Mind
Movie clip reconstructed by an AI reading mice’s brains as they watch
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