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Why we're smarter than chickens
Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animal on the planet, scientists report.
Rethinking which cells are the conductors of learning and memory
Posted in Science on 22nd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Brain cells called glia may be center stage when it comes to how humans learn and remember.
Dementia levels 'are stabilising'
Posted in Medicine on 21st Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
The University of Cambridge study shows the proportion of elderly people with the condition in the UK has fallen, contrary to predictions that cases would soar.
Most complete functioning human-brain model to date, according to researchers
Posted in Medicine on 20th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
The brain organoid, engineered from adult human skin cells, is the most complete human brain model yet developed.
Humans see colour differently in the summer
Posted in Featured, Science on 18th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
Humans see color differently in the summer with yellow seeming more green than in the winter months, scientists have shown for the first time.