Brainwaves: The mysteries of the human brain
No other organ brings together science and spirituality quite like the human brain. Studies about the brain are, at heart, studies about ourselves. What the latest cutting-edge neuroscience reveals about that incredibly complex but still little-understood human organ.
How to change a memory
Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez sees memory as a way to time travel. But what if we could edit our memories?
Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy?
You might think a healthy brain starts and ends in your head – but there are miles and miles of neuron fibers that connect your brain with nearly every corner...
Brainwaves: What happens between life and death?
A tunnel. A bright light. Reuniting with deceased loved ones. Many people who have near-death experiences have remarkably similar stories. Why?
Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?
The rate at which artificial intelligence is able to replicate human behavior has increased in recent years. Does that mean it's thinking like us? In the third episode of "Brainwaves,"...
Brainwaves: Are you in there?
Consciousness is how we are able to feel, dream and imagine. And yet -- scientists haven't figured out how consciousness definitively works. What we know, what we don’t and what...
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Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?
The brain is the organ that makes us who we are. It’s our conduit between reality and thought. But somehow, we’ve only scratched the surface in understanding how the brain...