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Yasemin Saplakoglu

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Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

Unpicking the Mystery of the Body’s ‘Second Brain’

Magnetic Minerals May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones

A New Study Reveals the Traits That Speed Up Evolution

The Biggest Microbiome Study Sheds Light on Shared Health Risks

How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions

This Brain Molecule Decides Which Memories Are Happy—or Terrible

Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity

Could Life Use a Longer Genetic Code? Maybe, but It’s Unlikely

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life

Scientists Watch a Memory Form in a Living Brain

The Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules