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Inspired by Chronic Illness, She Made Award-Winning Art about the Brain

Maddie Bender

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Stuttering Stems from Problems in Brain Wiring, Not Personalities

Lydia Denworth

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What Is a Question?

John Horgan | Opinion

What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance

John Horgan | Opinion

Neuroscience

Inspired by Chronic Illness, She Made Award-Winning Art about the Brain

Maddie Bender

Neurology

Stuttering Stems from Problems in Brain Wiring, Not Personalities

Lydia Denworth

Behavior

What Is a Question?

John Horgan | Opinion

Behavior

Congress: Support Health Care Professionals in Preventing Gun Violence

Michael Dowling, Chethan Sathya, Joseph V. Sakran and Brenda Battle | Opinion

Neuroscience

A New Idea That Could Help Us Understand Autism

Pamela Feliciano | Opinion

Behavior

The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes’ Performance

Maddie Bender

Behavior

How to Raise Kids Who Don’t Grow Up to Be Jerks (or Worse)

Clara Moskowitz

Neuroscience

New Brain Implant Transmits Full Words from Neural Signals

Emily Willingham

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Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

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A New Era for Alzheimer's

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Biology

The Color of Noise: What Do Hues Have to Do with Sound?

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Behavior & Society

Adolescent Risk-Takers: The Power of Peers

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Ravens Measure Up to Great Apes on Intelligence

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