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The mind is so deeply attached to the self that it can be unsettling to consider how much thinking we don’t do ourselves.

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Here are five recent innovative bioprinting and bioink studies that are building synthetic biological structures.

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A parliamentary committee has expressed concern over posts of scientists in the Department of Health Research (DHR) lying vacant for an “unacceptably” long time and the continued exodus of trained and ...

If you've ever found yourself binge-listening to podcasts or devouring documentaries, you'd be surprised to know all the underlying things that keep you hooked.

This and the next article in this series try to get at the question of how oral language and written language differ. I ...

Your gut and brain are more connected than you think. Scientists have found that probiotics in foods like kimchi, yogurt, and ...

Human aging significantly contributes to cognitive decline and increased susceptibility to late-life neurodegenerative diseases (e.g.Alzheimer’ s disease, ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...