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The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

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The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can usually see only half of that storm. Now, a new engineered protein finally ...

Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...