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The brain has been recognised as the cradle of human learning since time immemorial.

However, we have only recently discovered how learning occurs at the molecular level. Scientists have figured out how our dense network of 10 billion neurons works and how sensory information is transported along this lightning-fast network to be stored in the hippocampus.

We are innately wired to seek knowledge, which is why when we were babies, we put everything in our mouths. Seeing as we are not constructed to bear sharp fangs or possess blinding speed, it is this ability that keeps us firmly at the apex of the food chain.

Editor's Comment
Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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