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Cyborg grasshoppers have been engineered to sniff out explosives

Move over, sniffer dogs: now there are explosive-sensing grasshoppers.

27 Feb 2020
New Scientist

Bumblebees Solve a 17th-Century Psychological Puzzle

By answering the question posed in Molyneux’s problem, the invertebrates may have demonstrated an ability to internally represent objects.

27 Feb 2020
Scientific American

Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function

Consuming a western diet for as little as one week can subtly impair brain function and encourage slim and otherwise healthy young people to overeat, scientists claim.

27 Feb 2020
The Guardian

Want to Look Inside a Brain? With Transparent Organs, You Can

Using clever chemical wizardry, researchers have made human organs see-through. The dazzling 3D maps could one day lead to organs made in the lab.

27 Feb 2020
WIRED

Neglected children end up with 'smaller brains'

An early life full of neglect, deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains, a study suggests.

10 Jan 2020
BBC

Unique Brain Signal Just Discovered. And It Might Make Us 'Human'

A new study suggests that human neurons may have more computing power than once thought.

10 Jan 2020
LiveScience

We Finally Know Why This 2,600-Year-Old Human Brain Is So Freakishly Well-Preserved

An Iron Age human skull found in 2008 contained an unprecedented amount of preserved brain material, a discovery that has confounded scientists for over a decade. New research finally explains why this brain resisted decay for thousands of years.

10 Jan 2020
Gizmodo

The visual language of comic books can improve brain function

Literary scholars have started to study the unique language of visual narratives and how it influences and informs the way readers understand stories, and how our brains develop and understand codes and language.

03 Jan 2020
Quartz

Neuroscientists Discover New Kind of Signal in the Human Brain

Scientists have uncovered a new kind of electrical process in the human brain that could play a key role in the unique way our brains compute.

03 Jan 2020
Gizmodo

Some learning is a whole-brain affair, study shows

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to "see" what happens in brain cells of mice learning to reach out and grab a pellet of food.

03 Jan 2020
Medical Xpress

Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health.

20 Dec 2019
Scientific American

Engineers develop a less invasive way to study the brain

Optogenetics, a tool for controlling neurons with light, has given neuroscientists the ability to flip brain cells on and off more or less at will, revolutionizing neuroscience.

20 Dec 2019
Medical Xpress

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