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Oh My God, Fish Can Recognise Human Faces
A new study finds that archerfish can learn to distinguish one human face from others.
Why Are We Still Teaching Kids Cursive?
It's pretty, but only if you practice all the time...which no one does.
Your Regular Doctors’ Checkup Could Soon Include a Scan of Your Brain Waves
This neuroscientist says he can test your brain's "vital signs."
Why Heart Cancer Isn't a Thing
There is a cancer for every other thing in the human body, but why not the heart?
New Imaging Study Shows How Schizophrenic Brains Regenerate
A new study points the way toward future new therapies and maybe even, eventually, a cure.
Neuroscientists Hunt the Line Where Consciousness Begins—and Ends
Brain scan-based experiments mapping metabolism in the brain offer a new level of resolution.
Scientists Gave Depressed Patients Psilocybin in a First for Psychedelic Therapy
And the results are promising.
Curl Up in This Giant Egg to Experience Sound Like an Unborn Baby
The Sonic Womb allows you to experience sound through your body as opposed to through your ears.
A 'Sixth Sense' Protects Inattentive Drivers, Except When They're Texting
Researchers find a weakness in the brain's excellent error-correction hardware.
Scientists Can Identify You By Your Thoughts on Pizza and Rihanna
Who needs fingerprints and eye scanners when scientists can tap directly into your brainwaves and ID you based on your opinions about broccoli and Beyonce?
Research Suggests a New Way to Identify Who Has Schizophrenia
Neuroscientists shed new light on the reality-distorting effects of schizophrenia.