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The surprising benefits, to oneself and to society, of living alone
February 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Neuropsychiatrist Galina Mindlin suggests that listening to particular songs on your mp3 player can make you a more productive person
January 2012
| By Erica R. Hendry
How do humans separate sarcasm from sincerity? Research on the subject is leading to insights about how the mind works. Really
November 14, 2011
| By Richard Chin
Sociologist Keith Hampton believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways
July 11, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
When it comes to this complex, mysterious, fascinating organ, what do—and don’t—we know?
May 20, 2011
| By Laura Helmuth
Stunning new images reveal the marvelous and mysterious world inside our heads
March 2011
| By Laura Helmuth
From hiccups to wisdom teeth, the evolution of homo sapiens has left behind some glaring, yet innately human, imperfections
November 19, 2010
| By Rob Dunn
As digital screens proliferate and people move from print to pixel, how will the act of reading change?
August 2010
| By Kevin Kelly
The anthropologist and physician talks about how our understanding of child development will change
August 2010
| By Terence Monmaney
Surprising new research about the act of remembering may help people with post-traumatic stress disorder
May 2010
| By Greg Miller
John Gurche, a “paleo-artist,” has recreated strikingly realistic heads of our earliest human ancestors for a new exhibit
February 25, 2010
| By Abigail Tucker
Studies of hominid fossils, like 4.4-million-year-old "Ardi," are changing ideas about human origins
March 2010
| By Ann Gibbons
After a debilitating bicycle accident kept her inactive, Mary Collins toured the country studying Americans’ sedentary lifestyle
December 29, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science
October 30, 2009
| By Abby Callard
A new biological theory states that cultural behavior is not just a regional quirk, but a defense against the spread of disease
August 03, 2009
| By Rob Dunn
Does an obscure nerve cell help explain what gorillas, elephants, whales—and people—have in common?
June 2009
| By Ingfei Chen
A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease
April 28, 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer
April 2009
| By William Ecenbarger
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