Why hairy animals shake themselves dry
Hairy animals including mice and dogs shake themselves dryatikinka2/Getty Images If you have ever been close to a dog after...
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How do birth control pills change the brain?
Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth controlShutterstock / Krakenimages The largest...
Neuroscientist finds her brain shrinks while taking birth control
Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth controlShutterstock / Krakenimages The largest...
Boosting brain waves in sleep improves rats’ memory
Illustration of neuron activity in a rat’s brainConnect Images/Alamy Strengthening activity of some brainwaves in rats’ while they sleep improves...
Separating the “woo” from the work of manifesting in two new books
If you manifest it hard enough, might you find yourself here?David Hornback/Millennium Images Mind MagicJames Doty (Yellow Kite (UK); Avery (US))...
Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat – and perhaps to exercise too
Weight-loss drugs might make people less inclined to exerciseMe 3645 Studio/Getty Images Semaglutide – the drug in medications like Ozempic...
Hot sauce taste test reveals how expectations shape pleasure and pain
How will your brain react to that hot sauce?Ihor Butko/Alamy Anticipating pleasure or pain before tasting hot sauce appears to...
How understanding the brain’s microglia could end neurodegeneration
As you read this sentence, an army of cells patrols your brain. These soldiers slip around neurons, using their gangly...
Microglia: How the brain’s immune cells may be causing dementia
As you read this sentence, an army of cells patrols your brain. These soldiers slip around neurons, using their gangly...
This is how your brain knows when the beat is about to drop
We can enjoy music because of our ability to recognise musical boundariesNDAB Creativity/Shutterstock We may finally know how the brain...