7 times Imperial research blew your mind in 2017

Robotic prosthetics, AI guessing your brain age and much, much more. It's been quite a year for research, so here's just a few of the top stories. At times this year it may have seemed like science took a back seat, with politics bullying its way to the forefront and Brexit shoehorned into every headline to contend with. But throughout the year Imperial has brought you research stories of mind-blowing magnitudes, from predicting your brain age to the secrets hidden in Martian lakes. So if the weather outside is cold, there's nothing on the TV, sit back and indulge your grey matter in this 'reminisipackage' of 2017 highlights, and blow your mind all over again! - 1. Magic mushrooms 'reset' the brain. First off, less mind-blowing and more brain-resetting.