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404 Media Oct 24
An Ancient Virus Explains Why the Human Brain Is Special: Scientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded the genomes of chimps and other ...
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New Scientist Nov 02
Curiosity may be what drives our brains to become so complex: We often think that our ability to be curious stems from our complex, human brain – but what if ...
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Health Wrap Episode 57 discusses mapping the human brain, potential of brain atlases and more
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What makes us human? Researchers compare brain development in humans and great apes
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sciencealert.com Oct 24
Tiny Genetic Tweak From An Ancient Virus Might've Prevented Chimpanzees From Developing Brains Like Ours
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An ancient virus in chimpanzee DNA switches off a gene that is active in humans: Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this ...
phys.org/news/2026-10-ancient-virus-chimpanzee-dna-gene.html
Nature Oct 21
Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling: Signals in the insula region, deep in the brain, can make people feel hot ...
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Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind: The quest for cognitive immortality continues.
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sciencealert.com Oct 08
DNA From a Human Brain Gene Has Turned Up In a Virus: Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations.
sciencealert.com/dna-from-a-human-brain-gene-has-turned-up-in-a-virus
Ice Age origins of one of humanity's oldest drug habits discovered: A team of Griffith University archaeologists has uncovered evidence that humans were ...
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Accidental Brisbane discovery could disrupt common and deadly viruses: A UQ neuroscientist was studying how processes work inside the human brain when she ...
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Prothom Alo English May 14
What is Japanese encephalitis, could it spread widely in Bangladesh?: Japanese encephalitis is a severe viral infection that directly attacks the human brain ...
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New study finds evidence of hepatitis C virus in cells lining human brain: Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia ...
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The mysterious role of ancient viruses embedded in human DNA: About 8% of the genome is made up of viral relics, silent remnants of ancient pandemics ...
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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost
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