Brain
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US
Did Army Blast Exposure Play Role in Maine Gunman’s Rampage?
After a 40-year-old Army Reservist named Robert Card went on a shooting spree in Lewiston, Maine, in October, his community grasped for answers. Eighteen people were killed. Neighborhoods were locked down for days as the police hunted for Mr. Card ...
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US
U.S. Troops Still Train on Weapons With Known Risk of Brain Injury
A blast shattered the stillness of a meadow in the Ozark Mountains on an autumn afternoon. Then another, and another, and another, until the whole meadow was in flames. Special Operations troops were training with rocket launchers again. Each ...
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Science
The Human Brain Has a Dizzying Array of Mystery Cells
Researchers identified some 3,300 types of brain cells, an order of magnitude more than was previously known, and have only a dim notion of what most of them do.
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News
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table
A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.
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Books
The Most Important Eight Hours of Your Day? They Weren’t Always.
Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.
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News
Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds
Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was not clear.
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Sports
Without Updated Tools, N.F.L. Is Still Finding Concussions Too Late
Despite nearly 30 medical professionals on hand for every N.F.L. game, more subtle symptoms of concussions can be missed, and the league still relies heavily on players to self-report them.
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Sports
Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?
More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might keep their brains safe. But does it work?
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News
Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.
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News
Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year
The tech multibillionaire said his company, Neuralink, was seeking government approval to test his device in people, and predicted it could happen in six months. Others have been conducting similar tests for years, but no device has been marketed commercially.