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  1. Genetics

    Caffeine may dial down genes crucial for brain development, teen finds

    Data from animal studies point to a troubling possibility: Caffeine may alter brain development.

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  2. Brain

    Imagination is not just replaying what we’ve seen and heard

    New brain scans are helping sort out how our brains process imagined thoughts versus real sensations.

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  3. Brain

    Scientists Say: Synesthesia

    This is a trait in which one kind of sensory input, such as sound, can trigger another sense, such as sight.

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  4. Humans

    Some people use echolocation to get around. Here’s how it works

    As expert echolocators make multiple clicking sounds, their brains process the echoes to help them perceive their surroundings.

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  5. Archaeology

    These 12,000-year-old Native American dice are the oldest in the world

    A study of ancient artifacts suggests Native American dice games began thousands of years earlier than previously documented.

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  6. Humans

    Experiment: Can humans recognize AI-generated images?

    An AI-made picture of an animal or flower might seem harmless, but fake images of people or events can spread misinformation.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Teens invent first chewing gum to tackle anxiety

    Flavonoids from passionflower plants may one day give chewing gums the ability to take the edge off frazzled nerves or anxiety, report two Regeneron ISEF finalists.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Positive thinking could help boost your immune system

    With real-time feedback, people can learn to turn on a part of the brain that helps rev up the immune system, new data show.

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  9. Artificial Intelligence

    AI may be giving teens bad diet advice

    The meal plans that AI made for fictional teens cut an entire meal’s worth of calories per day.

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