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Instant Expert: The Human Brain
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and perhaps the most remarkable. Start finding out how it works with our beginner's guide
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Dreams of Doom help gamers learn
15:36 30 October 2009 | 14 comments
The dreams of video game players suggest that nocturnal visions have a practical role: helping us to learn new skills
Brain scanners can tell what you're thinking about
18:00 28 October 2009 | 28 comments
A real-time scan can reveal what you are looking at and recalling – is this mind reading?
Multiplying universes: How many is the multiverse?
18:00 28 October 2009 | 92 comments
Imagine 10 to the power of 10 to the power of 10 million universes – oh, sorry, quantum physics says you can't
Lost limb leads to flexible new body image
17:15 27 October 2009 | 8 comments
Amputees who feel the presence of a phantom limb can be trained to move it in impossible ways, which could allow new ways to ease phantom pain
High testosterone linked to miserly behaviour
22:05 26 October 2009 | 19 comments
A cream that boosted levels of the sex hormone in men made them less generous when playing an economic game, a study found
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The outer limits of the human brain
How do the most gifted and talented brains stand out from the crowd? New Scientist discovers what grey matter is like at the outer limits of human achievement
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Memory and forgetting in the digital age
10:00 24 October 2009 | 16 comments
Do you want to remember everything? Total Recall by Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell says you do; Delete by Victor Mayer-Schonberger says you don't
What's the point of a fake 500-day Mars mission?
14:47 22 October 2009 | 29 comments
Volunteers are being asked to play astronauts on a simulated Mars mission – but it's not the only way to learn how long-haul spacefarers will cope
Mona Lisa's smile a mystery no more
20:09 21 October 2009 | 51 comments
Leonardo da Vinci's enigmatic portrait works by sending mixed signals to the brain
Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
18:00 21 October 2009 | 120 comments
Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong?
Bouncing back: How we deal with bereavement
10:00 17 October 2009 | 23 comments
In The Other Side of Sadness, clinical psychologist George Bonanno asks the best way of coping with grief and why some feel it more than others
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How the human brain works
Find out how our brains make us feel fear, remember our lives and make decisions, with our animated graphic
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Mind tricks: Six ways to explore your brain
New Scientist's guide to the simple techniques that will uncover the inner workings of your grey matter
