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mental health

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

Technology

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

It’s harder than you think to make up a random sequence. Our ability to do so  changes with age – and could give insight into cognitive decline

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Fast CRISPR test easily detects Zika and antibiotic resistance

Health

Fast CRISPR test easily detects Zika and antibiotic resistance

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Life

Entire nervous system of an animal recorded for the first time

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Health

People on ecstasy feel loved-up because MDMA boosts trust

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person sleeping in a doorway

Health

Rich black people have worse health than rich white people

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Yoga breathing exercise

Health

Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out

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Humans

Mind the gaps: The holes in your brain that make you smart

Features

Vision saved by first induced pluripotent stem cell treatment

Health

Vision saved by first induced pluripotent stem cell treatment

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LSD research subject

Health

Can renaissance in psychedelic drug research survive Trump era?

Comment

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

Health

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

The words we hear are often obscured by other noises, but it doesn’t matter. Before we get a chance to notice, our brains guess what we should hear instead

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Technology

What makes a good surgeon? Video analysis rates suturing skills

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Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Health

Brain’s inability to see that something is safe causes OCD

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Technology

Pixel-perfect play confronts the reality of immersive therapy

Culture

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