Brain
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News
The Human Brain Has a Dizzying Array of Mystery Cells
Researchers identified some 3,300 types of brain cells, an order of magnitude more than was previously known, and have only…
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New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to…
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The Most Important Eight Hours of Your Day? They Weren’t Always.
Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight…
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Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds
Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was…
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Sports
Without Updated Tools, N.F.L. Is Still Finding Concussions Too Late
Despite nearly 30 medical professionals on hand for every N.F.L. game, more subtle symptoms of concussions can be missed, and…
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Sports
Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?
More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might…
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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if…
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Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year
The tech multibillionaire said his company, Neuralink, was seeking government approval to test his device in people, and predicted it…
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How Reading — Not Scanning, Not Scrolling — Opens Your Mind
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Every day, we consume a mind-boggling amount of information. We scan online news articles,…
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Sports
A Test for C.T.E. in the Living May Be Closer Than Ever
SHICKLEY, Neb. — Chris Eitzmann seemed to excel at everything until he didn’t. He parlayed a Harvard football captaincy into…