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Andrew V. Schally, 97, Dies; Scientist Shared Nobel Glory With Rival

After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Stunning Detail

Francisco Lopera, Pioneer in Alzheimer’s Research, Dies at 73

Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging

Do We Need Language to Think?

The Textbooks Were Wrong About That Map of the Tongue’s Taste Buds

Why Do People Make Music?

Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)

Why Woodpeckers Don’t Mind Hitting Trees With Their Faces

Muriel Lezak, Leading Authority on Brain Injuries, Dies at 94

How to Map a Fly Brain in 20 Million Easy Steps

This Brain Remained Intact in a 310 Million-Year-Old Fossil

Dr. J. Allan Hobson, Who Studied the Dreaming Brain, Dies at 88

These Birds Didn’t Have Chlamydia or West Nile. But They’re Still Dying.

Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’ While Others Have None at All

Scientists Drove Mice to Bond by Zapping Their Brains With Light

Scientists Partially Restored a Blind Man’s Sight With New Gene Therapy

Tiny Blobs of Brain Cells Could Reveal How Your Mind Differs from a Neanderthal’s

In Life, She Defied Alzheimer’s. In Death, Her Brain May Show How.

Brain Scientists Explore the How of When