THE CONVERSATION Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading vs listening 2 min 4 By Stephanie N del Tufo
THE CONVERSATION Uploading the human mind to a computer — a neuroscientist explains what’s possible 4 min 0 By Dobromir Rahnev
THE CONVERSATION Ouch! A neuroscientist explains why you feel pain, and how it keeps you safe from harm 4 min 0 By Yenisel Cruz-Almeida
HEADS IN THE GAME How India’s richest man is using ‘brain mapping’ neuroscience to woo advertisers to cricket 5 min 0 By Reuters
GUEST ESSAY Machines of Loving Grace — how AI might fix the world, and why the West must get scarier before that happens 5 min 2 By Steven Boykey Sidley
THE CONVERSATION This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode the brain – and read people’s minds 7 min 0 By Nicholas J Kelley Stephanie Sheir and Timo Istace
THE CONVERSATION Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects 4 min 0 By Karla Kaun
THE CONVERSATION Hitting snooze on your alarm might not actually make you more tired in the morning – new research 3 min 0 By Tina Sundelin
CUTTING EDGE This is the ‘highest level of science’ – inside Stellies’ new Biomedical Research Institute 5 min 1 By Elsabé Brits
THE CONVERSATION Can reading help heal us and process our emotions – or is that just a story we tell ourselves? 5 min 0 By Jane Turner Goldsmith
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Pay attention! But if you can’t, don’t despair – you’re not alone 3 min 0 By Michelle Banda
THE CONVERSATION Monkeys can sense their own heartbeats, an ability tied to mental health, consciousness and memory in humans 3 min 0 By Joey Charbonneau and Eliza Bliss-Moreau
THE CONVERSATION AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments 3 min 0 By Galen Ballentine and Sam Friedman
THE CONVERSATION Death – how long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes? 4 min 0 By Guillaume Thierry
THE CONVERSATION Gambling: what happens in the brain when we get hooked – and how to regain control 4 min 0 By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Henrietta Bowden-Jones and Sam Chamberlain
