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Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?

The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health

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Mind

Can you hack your brain to be ultra-productive?

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A 9.5-day-old mouse embryo. The front of the brain is blue and the back of the brain is red, which extends into the spinal cord

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Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged

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The Midnight Train by Matt Haig

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Matt Haig plays with the idea that time isn鈥檛 experienced evenly

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Health

Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer鈥檚?

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Can the Greek muses of ancient myth explain modern society?

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Fluorescent light micrograph of a section through the brain of a mouse

Health

We may now know which neurons dictate when it is time to go to sleep

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More than a gut feeling

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The best new popular science books of April 2026

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Close-up tu artificial brain with neural activity and orange light dots, artificial intelligence concept. Synapses and neurons are made of cube-shaped particles, 3D render.

Technology

Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells

Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in the very early stages of development

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Health

We’re getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish

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Life

Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

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Mind

What I鈥檒l be doing to help detox my brain in the new year

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Mind

Creator of brain organoids on their capabilities and consciousness

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