I say, goddamn! Scientists have grown mini-brains in a lab. These “mini-brains” are clusters of human brain cells called organoids, and after six-to-nine months they start producing electrical patterns similar to that of a preterm infant. Fucking wild. Why the fuck these mad scientists doing this? Great question. They are hoping these organoids can help understand the earliest phase of human brain development, and diseases such as autism and schizophrenia.

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