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Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, triggers brain activity characteristic of dream states.

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Which Neurons Go to Sleep First in Humans? fMRI Can Tell

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Same Parts of the Brain Control Processing of Dozens of Languages

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How Meditation Changes the Brain: New Study Challenges Popular Beliefs

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How Scientists Are Tackling Brain Imaging’s Replication Problem

The Scientist Speaks Podcast – Episode 5

The Brain Interprets Spoken and Written Language the Same Way

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General Anesthesia Causes Telltale Brain Activity Patterns

Honeybees Enter Virtual Reality So Scientists Can Study Their Brains

Infographic: What Makes a Brain Smart?

Implanted Magnetic Probes Measure Brain Activity

Infographic: Reading the Mind’s Magnetism

Scientists Identify More-Precise Neural Correlates of Dreaming

Added Neurons Are Functionally Integrated into Mouse Brain Circuits

Allen Institute Launches Brain Observatory

Meet An Artist With No Hands

Sleep’s Kernel

Still There

Neurons in Action

Music on the Mind

Big-Bird Brain

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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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 Digest 2025
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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