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Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how

Health

Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to new treatments for sleep conditions

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The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cancers grow and spread

Health

The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cancers grow and spread

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Mind

How to boost your brain power just by changing how you breathe

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Life

What if we could experience life as another species?

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A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope image of a mushroom with psychedelic properties

Mind

Psychedelics may boost mental health by dampening inflammation

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Health

Brain signals can change the gut microbiome in as little as 2 hours

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Mind

The supplement that really can improve your brain health

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No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

Mind

No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

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A light micrograph of a section of a whole mouse brain, with nerve cells colourfully labelled

Mind

Electrical synapses genetically engineered in mammals for first time

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A new picture of autism in girls is emerging, says Gina Rippon

Not only have we been failing to recognise autism in vast numbers of women and girls, says Gina Rippon, but we have now made the profound discovery that the female autistic brain works differently than the male one

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Health

Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar

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Mind

A revolutionary new understanding of autism in girls

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Mind

Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and how to do it

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Health

How neuroscience and bad studies have fuelled intensive parenting

Culture

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