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Universal intelligence: One test to rule them all
It's time to abandon the idea that we are the gold standard of intelligence. Take a test using a more fundamental scale of smarts
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Manhattan memory project: How 9/11 changed our brains
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The secret life of pronouns
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Quantum minds: Why we think like quarks
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REM sleep could prompt life-saving decisions
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Powerful magnets hamper our ability to lie
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Alzheimer’s clue homes in on musical memory
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Natural brain state is primed to learn
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Brain’s synaptic pruning continues into your 20s
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Riot-ology: can science explain why riots spread?
The hunt is on to explain why riots spread across England last week. Science may yet supply some answers
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UK riots: Why respectable people turned to looting
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Reality check: Why dreams aren’t what they seem
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How Muslims can win Olympic gold during Ramadan
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Lost the plot? The contraceptive pill might help
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