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How mapping teenagers’ brains has helped us understand more about schizophrenia

Mar 13, 2017

The Conversation - When I was studying for my PhD at the University of California at Berkeley, I spent an awful lot of my weekends asking teenagers to...

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A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain

Mar 2, 2017

Nature - 3D reconstructions show a 'crown of thorns' shape stemming from a region linked to consciousness.

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Best of the Best 2016: Higher Education/Research: Allen Institute

Mar 1, 2017

Engineering News-Record - The facility, which houses the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the Allen Institute for Cell Science and Paul G. Allen...

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The discovery of a giant neuron could help explain how the brain creates consciousness

Feb 27, 2017

Quartz - Nobody yet understands how a collection of mushy cells in the brain gives rise to the brilliance of consciousness seen in higher-order...

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Meet the Scientist Bringing Gene Editing to Life: An Interview With Jennifer Doudna

Feb 16, 2017

Newsweek - About 10 years ago, scientists at a yogurt laboratory in Denmark noticed a peculiar feature in a bacterial genome.

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Neuroscience: Big brain, big data

Jan 26, 2017

Nature - As big brain-mapping initiatives go, Taiwan's might seem small.

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Consciousness rising: Christof Koch on the brain and artificial intelligence

Jan 20, 2017

Pasatiempo - Christof Koch has spent much of the past three decades working to locate human consciousness in the electrochemical interactions among...

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Neanderthals Were People, Too

Jan 11, 2017

The New York Times Magazine - New research shows they shared many behaviors that we long believed to be uniquely human. Why did science get them so...

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Grow with the flow: How electricity kicks life into shape

Jan 4, 2017

New Scientist - Bioelectrical signals direct blobs of cells to transform into any part of the body. Harnessing it can create freakish animals with two...

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This scientist re-wires frogs to grow extra limbs. Could it work in humans?

Dec 26, 2016

Popular Science - One morning in spring 2000, Michael Levin flopped in his chair and clicked on his desktop computer.

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