Tag: brain science
Are there ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains? Computers can see a distinction, but they rely strongly on differences in head size
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How useful are the well-known and hotly contested categories of “male brain” and “female brain”?
Among experts, nobody really questions that anatomical sex...
A short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness
General anaesthesia has come a long way since its first public demonstration in the 19th century, depicted here. Wellcome Library, London/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
We expect...