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Five Things We’ve Learned About Fear Since Last Halloween
Including why screams get our brain’s attention and why a drop of “love hormone” in our nose could make us less fearful
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A look at what’s really going on when we get the creeps
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Back to Africa: Ancient Human Genome Reveals Widespread Eurasian Mix
Genes from a 4,500-year-old skeleton from Ethiopia show how migrations shaped modern populations
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What’s Beautiful? It Depends on What Your Eyes Have Already Beheld
Opinions about beauty may be shaped just as much by past social interactions as by our genes
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What Makes a Fossil a Member of the Human Family Tree?
The surprising new species Homo naledi raises more questions than answers—for now
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“Hidden Brain” Podcast Will Make You Think Twice About Your Unconscious Mind
In the new NPR program, correspondent Shankar Vedantam connects rigorous science with people’s everyday experiences
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Winning Really Does Taste Sweet, Because Emotions Change Taste Perception
A study of hockey fans sampling ice cream may offer clues to the origins of emotional eating disorders
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Scientists Replicated 100 Psychology Studies, and Fewer Than Half Got the Same Results
The massive project shows that reproducibility problems plague even top scientific journals
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Want a Satisfying Sex Life? Try Being a Better Parent
Data suggest that splitting childcare duties often produces happier, more sexually satisfied couples
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Shootings and Mass Murders Seem to Be Contagious
Data spanning decades shows how high-profile events can cause outbreaks of similar killings that mirror the spread of disease
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People Get Seasonal Depression in the Summer, Too
Millions suffer from SAD in summer as well as winter, and evidence hints that birth season plays a role in who develops the disorder
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11 Reasons to Love Bacteria, Fungi and Spores
From medicines to jet fuel, we have so many reasons to celebrate the microbes we live with every day
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Eight New Things Science Says About Being a Dad
They’re still not very good at cooing to toddlers, and their testosterone levels start to drop even before a baby is born
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The Many Ways Baby Talk Gives Infant Brains a Boost
From a higher vocabulary to mastering mouth motion, the lilting babble seems to play a key role in helping babies process language
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Investigating the Case of the Earliest Known Murder Victim
A 430,000-year-old skull discovered in a Spanish cave bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma
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The Oldest Stone Tools Yet Discovered Are Unearthed in Kenya
3.3 million-year-old artifacts predate the human genus
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10 New Things Science Says About Being a Mom
Such as, how much time she spends with her child doesn’t matter as much as we think
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DNA Testing Could Identify Litterbugs and Dog Poop Miscreants
Anonymous crimes may not be quite so anonymous anymore
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What Does It Feel Like to Be Invisible?
Volunteers in Sweden were tricked into thinking their bodies had vanished, and the “superpower” seemed to ease social fears
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Ask Smithsonian: How Do People Get Phobias?
The origins of irrational fears
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