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  • plural of brain.
  • present tense form of brain (3rd person singular).
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But our brains aren’t computers and physics has yet to fully explain consciousness — that’s why they call it a hard problem.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

It's not known exactly what causes bipolar, but people with it appear to have physical changes in their brains and it often runs in families.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The contrasting results could help explain why earlier studies examining the brains of people with depression have sometimes reached conflicting conclusions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The 82-year-old is the brains behind the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a telescope embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice that detects neutrinos -- particles with almost no mass that seldom interact with other matter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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