Electrical brain 'signatures'. The patient to the left is in a vegetative state; the patient in the middle is also in a vegetative state but their brain appears as conscious as the brain of the healthy individual at the right.

Brain, body and mind: understanding consciousness

23 February 2016

A bedside device that measures ‘brain signatures’ could help diagnose patients who have consciousness disorders – such as a vegetative state – to work out the best course of treatment and to support family counselling. 

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Thorny devil (Moloch horridus) at Great Central Road (WA) 2006

Enter the Map of Life and meet a thorny devil

03 March 2011

A new website that explains why humans have the same type of eye as an octopus and how animals separated by millions of years can evolve in the same way has been launched by a team of scientists at Cambridge University.

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