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Are There Bacteria in Your Brain?

A surprising new result catches the attention of the neuroscience community.

November 28, 2018

The Ethics of Consciousness Hunting

How fMRI has become an ethical obligation.

September 5, 2018

How Women Came to Dominate Neuroendocrinology

A scientific field founded by men is now mostly female.

August 13, 2018

The Neurology of Flow States

Why time vanishes when you’re jamming.

June 4, 2018

Why Some Sports Fans Have More Fun

How mirror neurons affect the experience of fandom.

April 23, 2018

Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient?

How massive parallelism lifts the brain’s performance above that of AI.

April 3, 2018

How the Fencing Reflex Connects Life and Death

Primitive reflexes shepherd us into this world, and out.

April 3, 2018

The Surprising Relativism of the Brain’s GPS

How new data is transforming our understanding of place cells.

March 20, 2018

Unhappiness Is a Palate-Cleanser

Why it’s impossible to always be happy.

March 12, 2018

Why Happiness Is Hard to Find—in the Brain

Talking blobology with a neuroimaging researcher.

February 27, 2018