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If you think of a TV show episode that you watched recently, how many details of the plot could you
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Memories are often considered very personal and private. Yet, in the past few years, people have got used to notifications
Continue reading »Having a medical detection dog has given me and my son our lives back
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Over many decades now, traditional drug discovery methods have steadily improved at keeping diseases at bay and cancer in remission.
Continue reading »Proprioception, our imperceptible sixth sense
Vision. Hearing. Smell. Taste. Touch. Proprioception. Proprioception? Few people are familiar with this sense, although its pioneer studies in the
Continue reading »Here's what the changing coronavirus restrictions are doing to our mental health
The Government has faced criticism for the way the pandemic has been handled, with multiple lockdowns, changeable tiers, and a
Continue reading »Energy demands limit our brains’ information processing capacity
Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited
Continue reading »How Daylight Savings Time Impacts Our Health
If daylight saving time crept up on you this year, you’re not alone. With the wild winter weather still hammering
Continue reading »Biodiversity and our brains: How ecology and mental health go together in our cities
Mental health in our cities is an increasingly urgent issue. Rates of disorders such as anxiety and depression are high.
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