Humans
Cosmic accidents: Inventing language, the easy way
Fresh pastures meant a cosier life for early humans – if they hadn't, we would never have loosened up enough to learn to speak
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Brain’s grey matter helps you introspect
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Earth
Why BP’s failure to mention safety culture is problem
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Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment
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Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
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Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic
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Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare’s brain
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Humans
Money can buy you happiness – up to a point
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Humans
Thank mothers for large ape brains
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Humans
What’s in a name? The words behind thought
You think more words than you speak – perhaps because language really does shape the way we navigate the world
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Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication
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Humans
Why your brain flips over visual illusions
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Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less
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Oxytocin fails ‘trust elixir’ test
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