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Memory and consciousness outside the animal kingdom
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To have true memory an organism requires brain cells to store experiences through the action of sophisticated neurotransmitters. Plants lacking brain cells therefore cannot be said to have that capaci
© HEADER DRAWINGS BY MICHAEL HADDAD/HEART Neither Eliezer ...
Much of what we don’t understand about being human is simply in our heads. The brain is a befuddling organ, as are the very questions of life and death, consciousness, sleep, and much more
Ian McEwan is strolling through the garden of his Cotswolds manor house. Bees waft drowsily between wildflowers. Plump apples, pears and walnuts bauble the trees. Vibrant cerulean-blue damselflies hov
Our biological inheritance should be celebrated
SOMETIMES, it is difficult to remember how we ...