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237 articles-
Falling Asleep Is More Like Plunging Off a Cliff Than We Thought
It’s not the gradual slip into darkness that scientists assumed -
A Trip Around Our Surprisingly Psychedelic Planet
Inside Earth’s most hallucinatory ecosystems -
He Erased Memory in Mice. Then Thought About Erasing His Own
Sunk in grief and alcoholism, this neuroscientist discovered the power of memory in himself -
The Brain’s Hidden Drain
Newly discovered vessels may be key to flushing waste away from our brains -
What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?
Something is happening here, but neuroscientists don’t know what it is -
The Nautilus Reading List About the Brain
These 10 books reveal how the brain is wider than the sky -
How Phantom Limb Tricks Us
New maps of the brain may explain why amputees feel pain in the void -
What We Still Get Wrong About Psychopaths
Many scientists portray psychopathy as a brain disorder, despite a lack of evidence -
Does Anybody Really Know What Time Is?
Yes, your brain does. It created it. -
Is It Cake? How Our Brain Deciphers Materials
Neuroscientists are discovering how this basic ability, essential to our survival, works
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My Visit with My Dead Father’s Brain
What I discovered about my dad and myself at the lab where his brain resides
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Inside the Big Bet on Consciousness
The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself
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Why Our Brains Crave Ideology
A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking
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The Hallucinatory Thoughts of the Dying Mind
Delirium exposes the gap between the ideal and the reality -
When Other People’s Chewing Causes You Pain
Social relationships might shape a neurological disorder -
A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer’s
Viruses may play a surprising part -
The Power of Small Brain Networks
It only takes four neurons to achieve big things. -
The Most Detailed Brain Map Ever
Scientists have created a magnificent portrait of every connection among neurons in a fruit fly’s brain.