Audio Edition: How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?
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Audio Edition: How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?

2026-01-08

Studies of neural metabolism reveal our brain’s effort to keep us alive and the evolutionary constraints that sculpted our most complex organ.

The story How Much Energy Does It Take To Think? first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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