A collection of images from previous neuroscience articles, including those of an octopus in a chamber, artistic renditions of a brain, brain scans, and an image of neural connections in vitro.
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This year, neuroscience researchers made important discoveries related to how neurodegeneration attacks the human brain, hooked cultured neurons up to machinery to teach them to play a video game, and more.

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Uncovering Monkey Pattern Recognition: Why Macaques See Patterns That Aren't There

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Book Excerpt from When Animals Dream

Cover of When Animals Dream: A colourful illustration of an octopus.<br><br>

Opinion: Animal Dreaming Should Give Us Ethical Pause

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Inside the Brains of Aging Dogs

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Dolphins May Remember Personal Experiences

A white lab mouse peers over the wall of a sprawling maze

Bacterial Metabolite May Regulate Cognition in Mice

Bock's pygmy octopus in a lab tank—researchers explore if invertebrates like octopuses and crabs can feel emotions.

Do Crabs Have Feelings? Exploring Emotions in Invertebrates

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Researchers Train Goldfish to “Drive”

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Exercise-Associated Protein Boosts Brain Function in Mice

ABOVE: A pair of Labroides dimidiatus cleaner fish cleaning a puffer fish

Cleaner Fish Alter Behavior if Partners Can See Them “Cheating”

Dogs Pass Test for Awareness of Their Own Bodies: Study

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STRANGE Framework Addresses Bias in Animal Behavior Research

Infographic: What Do Dogs Perceive?

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Zebra Finches Recognize the Calls of Over 40 Fellow Finches

Wild Birds Remember a Novel Task for Nearly Two Years

The Mirror Test Peers Into the Workings of Animal Minds

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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