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The knockout enigma: How your mechanical brain works

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The knockout enigma: How your mechanical brain works

Your neurons are whirring with movement like clockwork. Understanding how it works may give us a new way to tinker with the brain, says Anil Ananthaswamy

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Exploring our love/hate relationship with Gaia

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Exploring our love/hate relationship with Gaia

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Can it be ethical to implant false memories?

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I could have sworn… Why you can't trust your memory

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I could have sworn… Why you can't trust your memory

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Gene clues may explain why Brandt's bat lives so long

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Gene clues may explain why Brandt's bat lives so long

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Birds are aware of speed limits on roads

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Birds are aware of speed limits on roads

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Green turtle youngsters roam far and wide

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Green turtle youngsters roam far and wide

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Robotic plant learns to grow like the real thing

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Robotic plant learns to grow like the real thing

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Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

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Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

The first detailed observations of swimming chimpanzees and orang-utans show they take to the water in the same way humans do

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Ability to perceive minds of others emerges in robot

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Whose stem cells are they anyway?

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Sense of smell has a genetic flavour

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Beautiful British bat is one in just 1000

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