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Health and life sciences
Health and life sciences coverage including genetics, neuroscience, drug discovery, evolution, and how living systems work at every scale.
Why Some Kids Find Math Hard
Stanford researchers find math-struggling children process errors differently in their brains, suggesting interventions should target metacognition, not just number sense.
Two Major Theories of Consciousness Unable To Explain Awareness
Neither dominant explanation survived the most rigorous test in the field's history. That may be exactly what neuroscience needed.
Pet Grief Is Real. Society Still Doesn't Believe It.
New research reveals pet grief can rival human loss - yet society still dismisses it as illegitimate.
Rice Price Crisis 25 Years Ago Still Hurts The Children
When Indonesia's economic crisis skyrocketed 25 years ago, parents chose alternative foods which hurt children for decades.
Scientists Can Now Rewrite Memories in Living Brains
Researchers have figured out how to implant false memories, delete real ones, and swap emotional responses between events - in mice.
Brain Cells That Glow Like Fireflies Crack a Long-Standing Imaging Puzzle
Scientists just made neurons bright enough to watch individual brain cells fire - without lasers, fiber optics, or light damage.
Your Intelligence Comes From Genes, Experience - and Molecular Switches
Epigenetic marks guide neurons during development and keep rewiring your brain throughout life. Neither genes nor environment win.
Three Hidden Skills Let Your Brain Decode What People Really Mean
MIT researchers tested 800 people and found pragmatic language ability splits into three distinct clusters of inference.
A Brain Cell That Always Knows Which Way You're Facing
Scientists found a neuron that tracks your direction whether you're sitting still or running–and losing it may explain Alzheimer's disorientation.
The 'Impossible' LED That Could Change Cancer Surgery
Organic molecules 'whisper' energy into insulating nanoparticles, opening a path to sharper surgical imaging in the infrared.
