Health
The slippery slope to obesity
Reward centres in the brain become less responsive as people gain weight causing them to eat more, reducing the reward response still further
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Health
Should psychoanalysis be in the Science Museum?
Opinion
Humans
Sparks fly over origin of altruism
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Health
Antidepressants make people less likely to harm others
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Humans
How to be happy (but not too much)
Features
Humans
Brain scans may help fix criminal responsibility
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Humans
Deceptive robots hint at machine self-awareness
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Humans
Cosmic accidents: Inventing language, the easy way
Features
Humans
Brain’s grey matter helps you introspect
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Earth
Why BP’s failure to mention safety culture is problem
BP's investigation into the causes of the Gulf blowout focuses on technical problems. It may have missed a key factor
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Humans
Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment
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Health
Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
Features
Humans
Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic
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Humans
Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare’s brain
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