brains

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This is all the more impressive considering that the brains of some birds—like those cream-filching tits—weigh less than a gram.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

To make my characters more interesting than that, I wanted them to have moments of self-awareness that would stick like a splinter in their brains and not let them off the hook.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“Guidance is really geared towards how you interrupt that ingestion exposure, so we’re talking about a high-risk group, our kids with developing brains, pregnant women,” Quick said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Later, as human brains became larger and more complex, the preference for the right hand grew much stronger and more widespread.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Of these death-white realms I formed an idea of my own: shadowy, like all the half-comprehended notions that float dim through children’s brains, but strangely impressive.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë