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Recall reconstructs memory and can open it to updating. Learn what reconsolidation research shows, where the headline goes too far and why memory changes.
Sep 16, 2026 • 6 min readRead the discovery →New stories, explanations and research from The Human Body & Mind.
Networks of clock genes create near-24-hour cycles inside cells, and light helps a brain-based master clock coordinate those rhythms with the outside world.
Sep 23, 2026 • 13 min read
Specialized blood-vessel cells, supporting cells and transport systems tightly regulate movement between circulating blood and brain tissue while still delivering oxygen and essential nutrients.
Sep 23, 2026 • 12 min read
The liver can restore much of its functional mass after injury or surgery mainly by prompting surviving mature cells to re-enter the cell cycle,…
Sep 23, 2026 • 12 min read
Fluid-filled canals and gravity-sensing organs in the inner ear measure head motion, while the brain combines those signals with vision and body sensation to…
Sep 22, 2026 • 12 min read
Genes guide the broad design, while growth, pressure and microscopic developmental differences produce ridge patterns that are highly individual.
Sep 18, 2026 • 13 min read
Recall reconstructs memory and can open it to updating. Learn what reconsolidation research shows, where the headline goes too far and why memory changes.
Sep 16, 2026 • 6 min read
Even with your eyes closed, a distributed sensory system continually estimates the position, movement and effort of your limbs.
Sep 14, 2026 • 8 min read
Sleep is not the brain switching off. Neural rhythms, memory processing, emotional regulation and fluid movement change across a repeating architecture of stages.
Sep 14, 2026 • 4 min read
Genes guide the broad design, while growth, pressure and microscopic developmental differences produce ridge patterns that are highly individual.
Sep 18, 2026 • 13 min read
Even with your eyes closed, a distributed sensory system continually estimates the position, movement and effort of your limbs.
Sep 14, 2026 • 8 min read
Sleep is not the brain switching off. Neural rhythms, memory processing, emotional regulation and fluid movement change across a repeating architecture of stages.
Sep 14, 2026 • 4 min readOne remarkable idea at a time—nature, science, history and beyond.
