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Aug 26

Mayweather will beat McGregor, neuroscience predicts

By Merim Bilalic, The Conversation

Scientific evidence from the neuroscience of expertise warns against betting on an MMA fighter – even one as skilled as McGregor – upsetting a boxer in a boxing match.

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Jul 13

Cunning ravens can plan ahead, study shows

By Teresa Carey

Researchers from Sweden have shown for the first time that an animal other than a human or an ape can plan for an event beyond the current moment.

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Jun 27

This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease

By Roni Dengler

A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study.

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Jun 08

Even moderate drinking may expedite brain decline

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

Drinking just a handful of beers a week is associated with long-term changes to a person’s brain, a new study finds — although the functional meaning of these changes is unclear.

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Mar 21

Why a baby’s first touch may set their sense of the world

By Nsikan Akpan

Early medical procedures can dampen a child’s ability to perceive touch in the long run.

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Jan 30

Why an LSD high lasts for so long

By Angus Chen, Scientific American

A new discovery of how LSD changes a protein’s structure may explain why the drug is so powerful, and why its trips are so long and strange.

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Oct 28

Column: Growing up, I didn’t know my mother had a lobotomy

By Mona Gable, STAT

"What my mother really suffered, though, was the brutal loss of her self. But it’s taken me decades to understand that...," author Mona Gable writes.

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Oct 24

Telling a lie makes way for the brain to keep lying

By Simon Makin, Scientific American

A new study from University College London and Duke University shows how the brain adapts to dishonesty and telling tall tales.

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Oct 17

Your devices are probably ruining your productivity. Here’s why

By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science

Mounting evidence shows that multitasking could impair the brain’s cognitive abilities.

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Aug 12

Inside the extraordinary nose of a search-and-rescue dog

By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs

Rescue dogs are super-smellers, and the motley crew of scientists is figuring out why.

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