Environment
Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish
Experiments that grew mosquito fish with longer sperm-delivery organs led to females with larger brains – possibly to better avoid male harassment
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Humans
Super-you: Use your better instincts to crush your inner bigot
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Mind
Super-you: Discover the physics genius inside your brain
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Humans
Super-you: You have a superstitious mind – to protect you
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Humans
Super-you: We’re all reading each other’s minds, all the time
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Humans
Super-you: How to harness your inner braggart
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Humans
Our brains record and remember things in exactly the same way
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Humans
Zap to the brain alters libido in unique sex study
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Health
Bad memories stick around if you sleep on them
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Humans
We may be able to tap into our memories from infancy
Studies in rats suggest that our earliest memories may lie dormant in the brain, ready to resurface given the right triggers
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Health
Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze
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Health
Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body
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Health
Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them
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Health
Treatment for chronic pain can be lethal, but there is an answer
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