10 Dec Science She’s obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog’s inner life December 10, 2024 By mcknight.bg 0 comments “Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.” I’m woken by the sound of my own voice looping madly. My sleep-addled mind can’t work out what’s going on.... Continue reading
26 Nov Science The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death November 26, 2024 By mcknight.bg 0 comments The severed pig’s head had come from the local abattoir. It would have typically been discarded, but Zvonimir Vrselja, a neuroscientist... Continue reading
26 Sep Technology An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person September 26, 2024 By mcknight.bg 0 comments In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when they isolated grap... Continue reading
25 Jun Science The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – so is it conscious? June 25, 2024 By mcknight.bg 0 comments An astrophysicist and a surgeon walk into a bar. No, this isn’t the start of a bad joke. A few years ago, astrophysicist Franco Vazza m... Continue reading
26 Apr Science Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies April 26, 2024 By mcknight.bg 0 comments The hippocampus in a mouse brain that contains some rat cells (red)M. Khadeesh Imtiaz/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CC BY-... Continue reading