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Scientists Observed a Brainless Blob Thinking and Making Decisions
The slime mold Physarum uses mechanical signals to probe environments that it hasn't directly explored yet.
This DJ-Slash-Scientist Made a Club Just for Baby Fish
Rebecca Poulsen, known by her DJ name BeXta, led new research into the audio capabilities of zebrafish.
Please Tell Elon Musk That Putting an Audio Chip in Your Brain Sounds Terrible
Why would you put an implant in your skull to listen to music when you could wear headphones, buy speakers, or try literally anything else?
3–5 Year Olds, Stop Reading Now. Everyone Else: Hello, Too Late For You
Recent research gives a glimpse at the effects of screen time on developing brains.
Even if You Hate Sports, They Can Help You Concentrate
Physical activity might help drown out some of the background noise in your brain.
When Your Brain Is Overstimulated, It Can Forget Things You Just Saw
Visual crashes boil down to a glitch in the way we recognize and understand images.
Scientists Gave Alligators Ketamine and Headphones to Understand Dinosaur Hearing
An experiment involving 40 drugged alligators reveals how dinosaurs might have located sounds in their environment.
What Scientists Found Inside the Brains of 10 Russian Cosmonauts
By imaging the brains of cosmonauts before and after their stints on the space station, neuroscientists discovered how microgravity influences the mind.
What Monkeys and ‘Dognition’ Can Teach Us About the Human Brain
Humans clearly have advanced mental abilities compared to other animals on Earth. Laurie Santos wants to know what makes us special.
Our Experience of Reality Is a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On
Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, researches the biological basis of the otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness.
Scientists Dosed an Artificial Brain With Meth
Organ Chip models enable researchers to directly observe physiological processes and responses.
Honey Bees Are the First Insect Known to Grasp the Concept of Zero
By giving bees visual math quizzes, scientists discovered that these insects know a null set when they see one.