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Tickle – a fascinating yet mysterious field in neuroscience

By Xuanwei Li / 19 January 2026
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Word forecasts: how your brain reads into the future

By Wieger Scheurer / 14 January 2026
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The Secret Life of “Aha!” Moments And Why We Remember Them

By Vivek Sharma / 12 January 2026
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The power of colour: How shades shape your day

By Natalie Nielsen / 31 March 2025
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The truth about memory: Debunking five myths

By Lucas Geelen / 3 February 2025
A sob story: Why do humans cry?
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A sob story: Why do humans cry?

By Guest Blogger / 21 January 2019

Crying is one of the most genuine manifestations of being human. We cry in various circumstances, when we’re sad, happy or moved. But why do we do so?

Hocus pocus – a kind of magic in brain computer interfaces (BCI)
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Hocus pocus – a kind of magic in brain computer interfaces (BCI)

By Cristiano Micheli / 19 January 2019

BCI applications have often been falsely mystified as ‘thought reading’ machines by the press. Here I try to counter these false expectations by showing how BCI applications (don’t) deliver on that.

Bonding with a machine
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Bonding with a machine

By Julija Vaitonyte / 11 January 2019

Robots have become better in how they talk, walk and understand emotions. But do robots

The extraordinary skills of people with endangered jobs
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The extraordinary skills of people with endangered jobs

By Joao Guimaraes / 10 January 2019

Technology comes with a price: endangered jobs will, sooner or later, be done by machines.

Why do we have two nostrils?
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Why do we have two nostrils?

By Eva Klimars / 7 January 2019

While most of us probably never considered having two nostrils anything but normal, it has puzzled scientists for a long time. So why do we have two nostrils?

The practical guide to keeping your New Year’s resolutions
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The practical guide to keeping your New Year’s resolutions

By Marisha Manahova / 27 December 2018

Have you set some New Year’s resolutions but are unsure of how to follow through?

How to increase your chances of having a nice Christmas
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How to increase your chances of having a nice Christmas

By Mahur Hashemi / 25 December 2018

It’s Christmas time. We meet families and friends, which can be experienced as wonderful but

Blind for faces
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Blind for faces

By Angelique Tinga / 20 December 2018

Some people are very bad at recognizing faces. How is this possible and what can

Children’s attachment to their parents affects how they get attached to others later in life
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Children’s attachment to their parents affects how they get attached to others later in life

By Joao Guimaraes / 17 December 2018

It is healthy for children to be attached to their parents. The Bowlby Attachment Theory tells us that, without this attachment,children have a hard time relating to everyone else.

How our season of birth impacts who we are
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How our season of birth impacts who we are

By Eva Klimars / 13 December 2018

Scientists have collected a convincing amount of evidence that your season of birth might have substantial influence on your health and character for the rest of your life. ?

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