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For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine ...

When Josh Fleig, Louisiana's chief innovation officer, learned his state had set aside $20 million a year for five years to ...

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Pioneering research shows that the brains of people who are deaf from an early age rewire to see more of what is happening in ...