Articles for tag: Nervous System, Neuroscience of pain, pain perception, Pain signals

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Why Do We Feel Pain? A Survival Mystery

Suhail Ahmed

  You probably remember your last sharp sting or dull ache more vividly than your last good meal. Pain crashes into our awareness, demands attention, and refuses to be ignored. For something so universally hated, it is strangely indispensable, hardwired into our nerves and brains by millions of years of evolution. Yet even today, scientists ...

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Inside the Human Brain: The Most Mysterious Biological Machine on Earth

Suhail Ahmed

  The human brain is often compared to a computer, but that metaphor falls apart the deeper you go, a bit like trying to describe a colossal squid as “just a big fish.” Hidden in the darkness of our skulls is a biological deep sea: billions of neurons flickering like bioluminescent creatures, forming patterns we ...