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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 · Aug 26

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 · Aug 25

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.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 25

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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 · Aug 25

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 · Aug 25

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.

TechRadar · Aug 25

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…

Grocery Coupon Guide · Aug 25

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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

The Independent UK · Aug 25

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

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 Economic Times · Aug 25

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 Guardian - US · Aug 25

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 Conversation · Aug 25

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…

The Economic Times · Aug 25

Daily Word Search Game #099 (Aug 25, 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

Bored Panda · Aug 25

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The Economic Times · Aug 25

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…

AAP · Aug 25

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Growing Human Organs Inside Pigs Remains Far Off, but Researchers Think Human Blood Could Come First

A new review of animal bioreactors argues that transfusable human blood cells grown in pigs are a nearer target than any transplantable human organ.

Times Life · Aug 25

What Walking the Char Dham Yatra Actually Does to Your Nervous System and Why It Matters

The Body Enters Before the Mind DoesThe first thing Char Dham takes from you is your breath. Not metaphorically. At Kedarnath, sitting above 3,500 metres, the partial pressure of oxygen drops enough that your brainstem, not your faith, not your intention, triggers a stress response within hours of arrival. Heart…

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The Independent UK · Aug 24

8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater

MyLifeXP · Aug 24

Why You Miss Someone More After They’ve Stopped Giving You Attention

It is almost embarrassing how quickly “I don't even care that much” can turn into checking their last seen at 2 a.m. Yesterday, you were perfectly fine. Today, they have taken longer to reply and suddenly every song, Instagram story and random memory seems connected to them. So, what changed?…

Medical Daily · Aug 24

Sudden Dance-Like Movements Can Be the Only Sign of a Stroke and Scans Often Look Normal at First

Fewer than 1 percent of strokes present as involuntary flowing movements, and cortical cases challenge the deep-brain-lesion assumption.

Bored Panda · Aug 24

“Your Brain Is A Wild Thing”: 67 Women Who Learned To Always Trust Their Own Gut

Neuroscience has shown that the female brain is structured to enable faster, more intuitive decision-making. This explains why women’s intuition is known to be accurate, sometimes, very eerily. Here are some firsthand experiences from a handful of women on Threads who got candid about the moments that led them to…

The Conversation · Aug 24

The brain has its own thermostat – study shows epilepsy may interfere with it

Doctors have long known that changes in body temperature can affect seizure activity. Fever can trigger seizures in some young children, while in rare forms of epilepsy, bathing in hot water can bring on a seizure. Raised body temperature can also trigger seizures in Dravet syndrome, a rare form of…

The Conversation · Aug 24

The physical activity paradox: not all forms of exercise lower your dementia risk – this type raises it

Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more than most people realise.

The Independent UK · Aug 24

Birthday heartbreak as Louisiana girl, 8, dies from extremely rare brain infection

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