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Nanowire Networks Show Potential for Human Brain-Like Memory
Researchers from the University of Sydney led a group of international researchers who found that nanowire networks can…
We’ve been connecting brains to computers longer than you’d expect. These 3 companies are leading the way
Shutterstock Sam John, The University of Melbourne Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI)…
How we created the first map of an insect brain – and what it means for our understanding of the human brain
Tomatito/Shutterstock Michael Winding, The Francis Crick Institute Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city but you’ve lost your…
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history
Your brain can imagine things that haven’t happened or that don’t even exist. agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus…
Were Our Brains Helped Along Its Evolutionary Path By an Asteroid?
Mammals are quite known in the animal world for our pretty “big” brains, so to speak; it supposedly…
Noise in the brain enables us to make extraordinary leaps of imagination. It could transform the power of computers too
Shutterstock Tim Palmer, University of Oxford We all have to make hard decisions from time to time. The…
When will I be able to upload my brain to a computer?
We don’t know how much information the human brain can store. agsandrew/Shutterstock Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University READER QUESTION:…
Monkeys can sense their own heartbeats, an ability tied to mental health, consciousness and memory in humans
New research indicates that rhesus monkeys show interoception – the ability to sense physiological processes like their own…
New Research Reveals Alzheimer’s May Start From Bacteria From the Nose
Research from both Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology found some alarming evidence as part of…
Even mild COVID can cause brain shrinkage and affect mental function, new study shows
Shutterstock Sarah Hellewell, Curtin University Most of what we know about how COVID can affect the brain has…