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A trial that's the first of its kind in the United States will test the ability of brain implants to help people overcome their drug addiction.
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Doctors Are Using Human Brain Implants to Fight Drug Addiction

By Kristin Houser

Doctors in Texas recorded a livestream of a brain surgery during which the person under the knife, Jenna Schardt, was awake and talking.
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Doctors Just Livestreamed a Brain Surgery on Facebook

By Kristin Houser

Your brain is hardwired to prevent you from considering your fear of your own death, according to a new study set for publication in the journal NeuroImage.
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New Research Explains Why We Don’t Live In Constant Fear of Death

By Kristin Houser

Various companies now sell devices they say can prevent concussions — but the science simply doesn't back up their claims.
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Experts: Football’s Anti-Concussion Devices Are a Dangerous Scam

By Kristin Houser

According to researchers from Imperial College London, the party drug MDMA could be an effective treatment for alcohol addiction.
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Study: MDMA Appears to Be an Effective Treatment for Alcoholism

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created chimeric mice with human brain cells in the hope that the animals could revolutionize Alzheimer's research.
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Scientists Create Mice Containing Active Human Brain Cells

By Kristin Houser

Research suggests that two drugs may improve communication skills in people with autism. But the seemingly-conflicting results mean more research is needed.
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Controversial Research: Two Drugs May Reduce Autism Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests
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This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests

By Natalie Coleman

A new study took the first steps toward figuring out which part of the brain is responsible for giving people nightmares and negative emotions during sleep.
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Scientists Might Have Just Figured Out Where Nightmares Come From

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists figured out that they could enhance a monkey's intelligence by introducing a single human gene linked to brain development.
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Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.
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New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

Cyberdyne's assistive exoskeleton, HAL, was approved for rehab treatments in early 2018. Now it's about to ship to five more hospitals.
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Watch a RoboCop-Like Exoskeleton Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

New research describes how optogenetics, which involves activating nerve cells with pulses of light, could vastly improve paralysis treatment.
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Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s
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A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul
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Artificial Consciousness: How To Give A Robot A Soul

By Dan Robitzski

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords
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New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

By Dan Robitzski

Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It
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Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It

By Dan Robitzski

We’ve Reached A New Level In Bionics: Artificial Limbs We Forget Are Artificial
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We’ve Reached A New Level In Bionics: Artificial Limbs We Forget Are Artificial

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Transferred Memories From One Snail to Another. Someday, They Could Do The Same in Humans.
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Scientists Transferred Memories From One Snail to Another. Someday, They Could Do The Same in Humans.

By Jacob Banas

To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI
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To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI

By Dan Robitzski

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories
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Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets Us Read Memories

By Sarah Marquart

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If You Had a Human Head Transplant, Would You Still Be You?

By Dom Galeon

Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets us Share Physical Sensations
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Dark Future: Here’s When We’ll Have the Black Mirror Tech That Lets us Share Physical Sensations

By Victor Tangermann

Sight Unseen: Advanced Imaging Will Solve the Greatest Mysteries of the Human Body
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Sight Unseen: Advanced Imaging Will Solve the Greatest Mysteries of the Human Body

By Abby Norman

A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline
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A Single Gene Could Have a Huge Impact on Age-Related Mental Decline

By Brad Jones

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Our Sense of Smell Provides a New Way to Battle Spinal Cord Injuries

By Patrick Caughill

We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger
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We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger

By Chelsea Gohd

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We May Finally Have a Map That Shows How Memories Are Made

By Claudia Geib

Researchers Restore Consciousness in Man After 15 Years in a Vegetative State
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Researchers Restore Consciousness in Man After 15 Years in a Vegetative State

By Dom Galeon

A Stanford Neuroscientist is Working to Create Wireless Cyborg Eyes for the Blind
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A Stanford Neuroscientist is Working to Create Wireless Cyborg Eyes for the Blind

By Alexandra Ossola

We Now Have a Detailed Model of the Protein Structure Linked to Alzheimer’s
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We Now Have a Detailed Model of the Protein Structure Linked to Alzheimer’s

By Kyree Leary

A Researcher Wants to Test the Effects of Microdosing on Cognitive Ability and Productivity
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A Researcher Wants to Test the Effects of Microdosing on Cognitive Ability and Productivity

By Karla Lant

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Scientists Hope to Use Stem Cells to Reverse Death in Controversial Study

By Karla Lant

The Nature of Reality: How Much of Our Life is Just a “Simulation”?
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The Nature of Reality: How Much of Our Life is Just a “Simulation”?

By Jolene Creighton

Traumatic Memory? Let Science Erase It Forever
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Traumatic Memory? Let Science Erase It Forever

By June Javelosa

Scientists Are Reversing the Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
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Scientists Are Reversing the Symptoms of Alzheimer’s

By Kathleen Riley

Dementia Will Be a Treatable Condition in 10 Years
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Dementia Will Be a Treatable Condition in 10 Years

By June Javelosa

New Drug Transforms the Immune System to Slow the Progress of Multiple Sclerosis
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New Drug Transforms the Immune System to Slow the Progress of Multiple Sclerosis

By Dom Galeon

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This Genetic Discovery Could Change the Way We Treat Mental Illness

By Dom Galeon

New Tech Lets You Play Games Using Only Your Mind
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New Tech Lets You Play Games Using Only Your Mind

By June Javelosa

Scientists Activate Positive Memories to Successfully Treat Depression
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Scientists Activate Positive Memories to Successfully Treat Depression

By Nia Brown

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New Tech Gives Realistic Sense of Touch to Amputees

By Jess Vilvestre

Scientists Claim That They Have Discovered How to “Delete” Unwanted Memories
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Scientists Claim That They Have Discovered How to “Delete” Unwanted Memories

By Sarah Marquart

Probing Neural Pathways Now Possible with Neuron-sized LEDs
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Probing Neural Pathways Now Possible with Neuron-sized LEDs

By Jappy Lim

Neurons Successfully Reprogrammed Inside Live Animals
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Neurons Successfully Reprogrammed Inside Live Animals

By Joseph Libunao

Turn off Your Dreams with This Neural Switch
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Turn off Your Dreams with This Neural Switch

By Miguel Santos

Scientists create artificial link between unrelated memories
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Scientists create artificial link between unrelated memories

By Alex Klokus

Revolutionary New Procedure For Epilepsy Diagnosis Unlocked By Research
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Revolutionary New Procedure For Epilepsy Diagnosis Unlocked By Research

By Andrew Johnson

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A first look at Thync’s mood-changing consumer device

By Matthew Lincoln

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Modified atomic force microscope allows for high-speed, high-res imaging of live neurons

By Andrew Johnson

Finding the Body Clock’s Molecular Reset Button
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Finding the Body Clock’s Molecular Reset Button

By Alex Klokus

Research solves mystery of memory and mood
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Research solves mystery of memory and mood

By Jim Crawford

New study claims that self-awareness is not unique to mankind
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New study claims that self-awareness is not unique to mankind

By Mark Parker

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Do Mice Dream of The Future?

By Fred Peterson

China is Preparing for Mind Controlled Robotic Warefare
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China is Preparing for Mind Controlled Robotic Warefare

By Alex Klokus

Scientists Can Now See Neurons in Action in Real Time
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Scientists Can Now See Neurons in Action in Real Time

By Hashem AL-ghaili