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  • Why study the brain?
  • Key neuroscience discoveries inspired by nature
  • The state of neuroscience today
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  • How the jellyfish revolutionised science
  • Animal vision: seeing through different eyes
  • Controlling the brain with light
  • Using a zebrafish to visualise the whole brain
  • Bacteria unlock the key to editing the brain’s DNA
  • The tiny roundworm: a key player in brain science
  • Harnessing viruses to repair damaged nerve cells
  • How your brain makes and uses energy
  • Can we regrow our brains?
  • Ethical issues in neuroscience

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