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Neuroscience

Uploading the human mind to a computer — a neuroscientist explains what’s possible

Sci-Tech

Uploading the human mind to a computer — a neuroscientist explains what’s possible

By Dobromir Rahnev

Ouch! A neuroscientist explains why you feel pain, and how it keeps you safe from harm

Sci-Tech

Ouch! A neuroscientist explains why you feel pain, and how it keeps you safe from harm

By Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

How India’s richest man is using ‘brain mapping’ neuroscience to woo advertisers to cricket

Sci-Tech

How India’s richest man is using ‘brain mapping’ neuroscience to woo advertisers to cricket

By Reuters

Machines of Loving Grace — how AI might fix the world, and why the West must get scarier before that happens

Sci-Tech

Machines of Loving Grace — how AI might fix the world, and why the West must get scarier before that happens

By Steven Boykey Sidley

This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode the brain – and read people’s minds

Maverick Life

This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode the brain – and read people’s minds

By Nicholas J. Kelley, Stephanie Sheir and Timo Istace

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects

Maverick Life

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects

By Karla Kaun

Hitting snooze on your alarm might not actually make you more tired in the morning – new research

Maverick Life

Hitting snooze on your alarm might not actually make you more tired in the morning – new research

By Tina Sundelin

This is the ‘highest level of science’ – inside Stellies’ new Biomedical Research Institute

Sci-Tech

This is the ‘highest level of science’ – inside Stellies’ new Biomedical Research Institute

By Elsabé Brits

You are not alone, burnout is real, and on the rise

Maverick Life

You are not alone, burnout is real, and on the rise

By Bryan Hattingh

Can reading help heal us and process our emotions – or is that just a story we tell ourselves?

Maverick Life

Can reading help heal us and process our emotions – or is that just a story we tell ourselves?

By Jane Turner Goldsmith

How psychedelics act on the brain to relieve depression

Magazine

How psychedelics act on the brain to relieve depression

By Clare Tweedy

Pay attention! But if you can’t, don’t despair – you’re not alone

Sci-Tech

Pay attention! But if you can’t, don’t despair – you’re not alone

By Michelle Banda