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Around 5 million years ago, a bird took wing from the California coast, carrying the seeds of what would eventually evolve into Hawaii’s most iconic plants.

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Growing use of neurobiological evidence in criminal trials, new study finds

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Regulators seek to tame brain training’s ‘Wild West’

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For Death Row Inmate, Survival May Ride on IQ Test’s Margin of Error

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Reality check: Taking antidepressants while pregnant unlikely to double autism risk in kids

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Study challenges idea that autism is caused by an overly masculine brain

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Lifelong memories may reside in nets around brain cells

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Cadaver study casts doubts on how zapping brain may boost mood, relieve pain

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A new drug war

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The brain’s identity crisis

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‘Jumping Genes’ Linked to Schizophrenia

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Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger

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Rats forsake chocolate to save a drowning companion

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Reality check: Can cat poop cause mental illness?

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FDA just approved the first drug to prevent migraines. Here’s the story of its discovery—and its limitations

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New neurons for life? Old people can still make fresh brain cells, study finds

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Lab rats play hide-and-seek for the fun of it, new study shows

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Whistled Turkish tickles both sides of the brain

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