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How does science explain déjà vu? It’s a brain glitch with a purpose. How does science explain déjà vu? It’s a brain glitch with a purpose.

By Julia Craven

a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’ Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

Astrocytes; neuroglial cells, 250X at 35mm.

‘Swiss army knife’ of the brain: How star-shaped cells reshape our understanding of memory ‘Swiss army knife’ of the brain: How star-shaped cells reshape our understanding of memory

brain scans of people watching clips from movies

MIT maps how the brain experiences movies MIT maps how the brain experiences movies

By Laura Baisas

Octopus in water

The ‘smart’ animal club keeps getting bigger The ‘smart’ animal club keeps getting bigger

By Mack DeGeurin

Brain and brain waves in epilepsy, computer illustration. This EEG (electroencephalogram) illustration shows generalized epilepsy, affecting the whole brain cortex: all the EEG traces show chaotic brain waves. Epilepsy can take many forms, and have different effects. This could illustrate both benign epilepsy (inherited childhood form that normally improves with age), and myoclonic epilepsy (form that causes muscle contractions). An EEG measures electrical activity in the brain using electrodes attached to the scalp.

100 years of EEG: How this technology transformed neuroscience 100 years of EEG: How this technology transformed neuroscience

By Erika Nyhus / The Conversation

Illustration of 3D printed brain tissue culture with 25nm scale

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue

Elon Musk alleges Neuralink completed its first human trial implant Elon Musk alleges Neuralink completed its first human trial implant

An ambulance speeding through traffic at nighttime

Scientists are developing a handheld eye-scanner for detecting traumatic brain injury Scientists are developing a handheld eye-scanner for detecting traumatic brain injury

A clock-like brain indicates its role in sleep in an illustration.

Your brain’s ‘master switchboard’ is an underappreciated marvel Your brain’s ‘master switchboard’ is an underappreciated marvel

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A pinkish human brain against a black background.

New human brain atlas is the most detailed one we’ve seen yet New human brain atlas is the most detailed one we’ve seen yet

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Elon Musk sitting with finger tips touching in steeple shape

Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects Neuralink is searching for its first human test subjects

Dopamine is a lot more than just the ‘happy chemical’

Dopamine is a lot more than just the ‘happy chemical’ Dopamine is a lot more than just the ‘happy chemical’

By Kimberlee D’Ardenne / The Conversation