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Fingers Are Fine-Tuned Far Beyond the Need for Survival

Our exoskeleton could only make simple hand grips, far short of what a healthy human hand could manage. Read More ›
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How Your Brain Points to Divine Design

Human technology in every form is outstripped in sophistication by the object we all carry around in our heads. Read More ›
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Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?

The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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What’s the Big Deal About the Human Brain?

None of the features identified by neuroscientists explain why humans think about things that other animal life forms don't. Read More ›
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Do We Need Language to Think?

For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself. Read More ›
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Split-Brain Research Confirms Unity of the Human Mind

The NOVA special’s claim is, “The split brain phenomenon suggests that there can be two separated minds, if you will, inside of a skull.” Read More ›
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We’ve Discovered “Covert Consciousness” — But Now What?

Creighton University Medical School prof Charles Camosy thinks it is time for something like a civil rights movement for people in this state. Read More ›
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Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›
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Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Read More ›

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