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Mind

Aaaaaargh! The true nature of screaming has finally been revealed

Can you tell the difference between a scream and a whistle? Most people consider rough, high-pitched noises a scream – and 70 per cent were tricked by a whistle

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magic exhibition

Mind

The psychology of magic and how it plays with our minds

Culture

Writing: Making Your Mark reveals the power of the written word

Humans

Writing: Making Your Mark reveals the power of the written word

Culture

Gabbie Hanna

Technology

The psychological dark side of sharing your daily life on YouTube

Culture

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Life

Don't miss: Visualising inequality, space comms and a rare pregnancy

Culture

How to make your brain adaptive enough to cope with anything

Mind

How to make your brain adaptive enough to cope with anything

Features

Brain scans reveal actors lose their sense of self when acting a role

Mind

Brain scans reveal actors lose their sense of self when acting a role

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The experiment plans to test brain stimulation on volunteers in a prison

Mind

Brain zap prison experiment suspended by Spanish government

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Humans

Unhappy Valentine’s: Why bad memories of your ex are so hard to shake

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Technology

Don’t miss: Exploring your own delusions, playing with evolution

Find out why You Are Not So Smart on the podcast of the same name, get ready to play Evolution the video game, plus more of this week's cultural picks

Culture

Mind

Scientists studied a ‘haunted house’ to understand why we love horror

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Technology

Prototyping in Tokyo review – Imagining a future full of lifelike tech

Culture

Comment

We all love Marie Kondo. So why is tidying up so hard?

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Mind

Taking ginger pills can make disgusting ideas more palatable

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