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Mind

What are the best ways to improve your cognitive reserve?

There are three types of cognitive reserve that can protect against decline as we age. Columnist Helen Thomson explores the lifestyle choices that can help you build a more resilient brain 鈥� and finds that midlife is a critical time to implement them

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Brain changes with eating disorders similar to those in OCD and autism

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Mind

Fatal genetic disorder treated by replacing the brain’s immune cells

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Mind

Deep sleep seems to lead to more eureka moments

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What sleep scientists recommend doing to fall asleep more easily

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Health

Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread

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Humans

Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

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

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The chilling discovery that nerve cells help cancers grow and spread

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

We mostly breathe subconsciously, but columnist Helen Thomson finds evidence that the brain functions differently when inhaling or exhaling, or breathing through your nose or mouth

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Life

What if we could experience life as another species?

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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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