How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines
When you Google Bill and Hillary Clinton together, you get over 100 million hits. Now we know cells in our brains group memories of people in a similar way
‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant
HB, who has ALS, is the first person to use a brain implant at home. Using electrodes placed under her skull, she is able to play games and communicate
First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman play games
After training on whack-a-mole and Pong, a woman paralysed by ALS has become the first person to use a brain implant at home, communicating by thought alone
Using egg leftovers could double the number collected in IVF
Combining an egg's genetic leftovers with donor cells may be a way to double the number of eggs available for IVF in women whose ovarian reserve is running low
Time to end the damaging battle over chronic fatigue syndrome
All those interested in progress on helping those with CFS should unite in the push to find therapies, be they behavioural or biomedical, says Esther Crawley
Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier
The last Ebola epidemic was the worst ever. But it seems the virus quickly learns to spread more readily, which may make the next outbreak even harder to stop
Don’t let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food
Upbeat, industry-backed research that casts doubt on the health impact of sugary drinks should be treated as lobbying against regulation, says David Miller
Superfast therapy cracks multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
A new drug regime cures 82 per cent of people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis – and in less than half the time taken by current treatments
Cholera in Haiti Isn’t Just Bad News—It’s Not Going Away
Trans Women Can Fill Their Estrogen Prescriptions—For Now
