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brain

[breyn] / breɪn /




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He does it because it feels good, but it also does good things for his body and brain.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

By studying clonal raider ants, researchers found that evolution may not have created entirely new brain systems to produce parental behavior.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

The results showed that caregiving in ants remains closely tied to the brain systems that regulate hunger.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Scientists know far less about the gradual changes that occur in a healthy brain across an individual's normal lifespan.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

The brain is soft, and the skull is hard.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Yet there is, to date, little evidence-based guidance on effective interventions for kids whose brains work differently.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

He argues that, as natural selection has shaped our brains and influenced our actions, the way we guide and govern behavior should be approached with our evolutionary roots in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Among the waste products the system clears are proteins called amyloid and tau, the deposits that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

For now, there is a lack of large-scale, long-term studies to judge the true impact of the new technology on human brains, researchers agreed.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

I’d ask the butcher, pointing to the calves' brains displayed in the front window.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

They found that the larger brained primate species did not solve the fruit-finding puzzle more efficiently than smaller brained mammals.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2022

At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years.

From The Verge Mar. 29, 2022

A second major find, the nearly complete skull of a larger brained hominid, long known simply by its field number “1470” and now classified as H. rudolfensis, bolstered that point.

From Science Magazine Jan. 2, 2022

No, it was meant to determine if you were right brained or left brained, usually connoted by handedness.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

They succeed; but not without difficulty, and a free handling of handspikes—almost braining the apes before they consent to relinquish it.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne

"I guess that was nigh braining the child," quoth Miss Amanda, with the greatest coolness, and without making the least apology.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

Early after breakfast on that morning,—that morning on which Tappitt had for a moment thought of braining Luke Rowan with the poker,—Mrs. Ray started from the cottage on her mission into Baslehurst.

From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony

That is the Tessino, braining itself in cataracts.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred




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