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An Ancient DNA Change May Help Explain Why Some People Face Higher Risk of Brain Disease

An ancient DNA inversion near the MAPT gene may help explain differences in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disease risk.

Medical Daily

A Brain Tumor Doctors Expect in Children Turned Up in a 65-Year-Old with Vertigo and Headaches

Medulloblastoma is under 1 percent of adult brain tumors, and in older patients it is often mistaken on imaging for meningioma or metastasis.

Medical Daily

A Patient's Chronic Cough Turned Out to Have an Unexpected Connection to an Unusual Brain Abnormality

A woman with a year-long cough was eventually found to have cerebellar tonsillar herniation, a rare neurological cause of chronic cough.

Medical Daily

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Psychology says people who can’t stop at one cookie after opening the jar may be responding to more than hunger

Strict dietary restraint can interact with cravings and reduced self-control in complicated ways. Research suggests that people with higher restraint can be particularly vulnerable to overeating when self-regulation is disrupted, although restraint itself does not automatically cause overeating.

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At Least One in Four Former NFL Players Who Died in a Recent Six-Year Span Had CTE

A new BMJ study puts the minimum CTE rate among former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 at 24.5 percent. Why that is a floor.

Medical Daily

Circuit in male brain increases alcohol use during social isolation: Study

Recent research sheds light on how loneliness affects alcohol consumption through specific brain mechanisms. The study revealed that isolated male mice exhibited a higher alcohol intake, while female mice notably decreased theirs. This crucial brain pathway integrates emotional processing with decision-making areas, actively influencing drinking behaviors in males. These insights…

The Economic Times

Daily Word Search Game #100 (Aug 26, 2026)

Expand your vocabulary with today's Daily Word Search puzzle. Choose from Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty levels and challenge yourself to find every hidden word in this fun and addictive word search game. New themed puzzles are added daily for word game and brain teaser fans alike. Entertainment

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In 2019, rats drove handmade cars at the University of Richmond, steering left, right, or straight to reach Froot Loops in a complex test

Researchers trained rats to drive small cars for rewards. Rats housed in enriched cages learned faster and showed continued interest. Driving appeared to reduce stress hormones in the trained rodents. Many rats preferred driving over a direct walk to the reward. These findings offer insights into stress, environment, and brain…

The Economic Times

Why Only 3 Could Win the Fish Eye Test? The Truth

Imagine being asked to hit a tiny target that you cannot even look at directly. Above you, a golden fish is rotating. Beneath it, a pool of oil reflects its image. You must look only at that reflection, understand the fish's movement and release an arrow at exactly the right…

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Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Survived Five Years and Kept an Internal Record of Every Month It Aged

Harvard researchers cultured cortical organoids for the past five years, then found that old cells skip developmental steps they had already completed.

Medical Daily

Twenty Years of Uncontrolled Seizures Traced to a Brain Cyst Doctors Are Trained to Ignore

A 35-year-old woman became seizure-free after temporal lobe surgery beside a choroidal fissure cyst, a finding usually dismissed as incidental.

Medical Daily

CTE in the NFL: What We Know After the Latest Health Study Revealed Alarming Evidence

Questions and answers about the degenerative brain disease, a prevalent issue at all levels of football that won’t go away any time soon.

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Hunter Syndrome Gene Therapy Halted by FDA After Spine Scans Show Small Masses in Five Children

FDA placed REGENXBIO's RGX-121 on clinical hold after spine MRIs showed nodules or cysts in five Hunter syndrome trial participants.

Medical Daily

FDA Clears Roche Blood Test That Can Rule Alzheimer's Amyloid In or Out Without a Brain Scan

FDA cleared Roche's Elecsys pTau217 blood test for adults 55 and older with cognitive symptoms. What it can and cannot tell patients.

Medical Daily

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Why 0s and 1s aren't enough — 3-part biological memory model exposes limits of AI silicon

Researchers propose that memory depends on neurons, astrocytes, surrounding molecules, and chemical signals, challenging purely electronic explanations of cognition.

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You Saved $40 at the Grocery Store. How Much Did You Have to Spend to “Save” It?

You walk up to the grocery checkout conveyor belt, hand over your loyalty app, and watch the cashier scan your items. At the bottom of the long paper receipt, a bold summary prints out in bright ink: “You Saved $40.00 Today!” It feels like an immediate victory. Your brain interprets…

The Independent UK

One in four NFL players could get CTE, alarming new study finds

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive brain disease linked to repeated head impacts

Medical Daily

Her Oxygen Hit 75% and Her Mind Slipped, and a Six Inch Tapeworm Cyst Was Filling One Lung

A 19-year-old arrived confused and with low oxygen saturation. The cyst crushing her left lung measured 150 by 93 millimeters and shoved her heart sideways.

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Psychology says people who recognize songs from the first few notes may have highly efficient auditory pattern recognition

People who recognize songs from the first few notes may be demonstrating an impressive form of auditory pattern recognition supported by long-term musical memory.

The Guardian - US

At least one in four former NFL players in study suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE

At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic ⁠traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a study says

The Conversation

The brain isn’t hardwired to read – here’s how we pull it off and why some are better at it than others

For an experienced reader, recognising the words on this page feels effortless. Yet, evolutionarily speaking, your brain shouldn’t be able to read. Reading has existed for too short a time to have shaped a dedicated centre in the brain.

The Economic Times

Psychology says people who keep stubbing their toes may be responding to more than clumsiness

People who frequently stub their toes may not simply be “bad at walking.” Their experiences can reflect a fascinating interaction between automatic movement, spatial attention, proprioception and sensory prediction. The brain is constantly building an internal estimate of where the body is in space and how it is moving through…

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Daily Word Search Game #099 (Aug 25, 2026)

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Dogs may read your emotions better than you think as brain scans reveal how canines distinguish happiness, fear and sadness in humans

New research reveals dogs' brains process human emotions distinctly. Happy faces activate specific brain regions associated with reward processing. Dogs can differentiate between fear and anger or sadness in human expressions. This brain imaging evidence suggests dogs recognize emotions, not just pleasantness. Earlier studies showed dogs integrate visual and auditory…

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Tough personal issues cut short Greens senator's career

First-term senator for South Australia Barbara Pocock will not run for a second term in 2028 as her partner battles a brain cancer diagnosis.

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