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  "id": 14702208,
  "title": "Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/mysterious-brain-activity-under-anesthesia-challenges-what-we-know-14702208",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T12:52:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily Health",
    "slug": "sciencedaily-health",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261015003440.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Even under general anesthesia, the human brain can analyze language, recognize different types of words, and predict what comes next in a story, according to a surprising discovery by Baylor researchers. The findings challenge our understanding of consciousness and suggest that the unconscious brain is far more capable than scientists previously realized.",
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