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Scientists study the brain to better understand habitual behavior. (Photo Illustration by Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Science Weekly: How the brain handles habits

Kellie Plumhof June 6, 2016

I'm a nail-biter. It's a bad, bad habit. However, I have a good habit of always putting my seatbelt on before starting my car. Scientists have recently gone behind the scenes to better understand what...

Science Weekly : Skin cells reprogrammed into brain cells

October 25, 2014

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri have found a way to battle the degenerative Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain parts of...

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