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Brain Imaging Gives Insight Into Early Human Minds
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Racism may not be a disease, exactly. But a growing body of research finds that it has lasting physical and mental effects on its victims
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High-tech tools divulge new information about the mysterious and violent fates met by these corpses
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Surprising new research shows that placebos still work even when you know they’re not real
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The good news: Everyone likes dinosaurs
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In some cases, the use of the second-person pronoun could help us put distance between ourselves and negative emotions
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When James A. Brussel used psychiatry to think like a criminal, he pioneered the science of profiling
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Anthropologist Caleb Everett explores the subject in his new book, <em>Numbers and the Making Of Us</em>
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We still don’t know why our minds seem so determined to exit the present moment, but researchers have a few ideas
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Pair your red wine and chocolate hearts with another delicious accompaniment: cannibalism, in the form of a new book
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… Particularly the ones that feasted on human flesh. Thanks, guys!
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If you plan to be in a seething mass of humans at some point—whether it’s an inauguration or protest thereof—here's how to keep yourself safe
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Using sensors on smartphones and smartwatches can shed light on patients' symptoms, even identifying ones they didn't notice or share with counselors
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New age measurements of the footprints help pinpoint when humans first settled the highest region on Earth
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Their laughter manifests in a surprising region of the cerebral cortex
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Except when it's an oligarchy. Or a democracy. Or all three.
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Stone tools and mastodon remains help show that the Americas were peopled more than 14,000 years ago
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The deadly disease—and later efforts to control it—influenced trends for decades
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For one, a nurturing mother can help her child's brain grow
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