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Neanderthals Went Extinct 30,000 Years Ago, But Their DNA Is Still in the Human Genome
Some of the Neanderthal genes made important contributions while others made us more susceptible to disease
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In the Animal Kingdom, Deadbeat Dads Breed Bigger Babies
Female reproductive strategies vary with paternal investment
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Some People Can Train Away Their Peanut Allergy
Being exposed to small doses of peanut protein can help allergic people build a tolerance
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This Does Really Happen: Stereotypes Undermine Performance
Stereotype threat can be hard to prove in real life situation, but here’s a really good example of how it works
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As Drug Traffickers Move In, Tropical Forests Fall
Deforestation in Central America goes hand-in-hand with narcotics operations, which replace forests with airstrips, roads and money-laundering farms
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Here Are the Three Ways People Use Emoticons at Work
It might not be the most important type for human interaction, but the smiley certainly does make passive-aggressive work emails easier
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Humans Are Naturally Inclined to Believe We’re Immortal
Even children who live in a culture with no beliefs about existence before birth have a concept of “pre-life”
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Climate Change Is Already Causing Mass Human Migration
When temperatures are high, Pakistani men are 11 times more likely to move out of town
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A Surprising Number of College Students Struggle to Find Enough Food
Food insecurity, a problem normally associated with poverty, also plagues college campuses
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The Sun Is Spraying Water Into Space
When the solar wind hits oxygen-rich rocks, water can form
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English Speakers Are Bad at Identifying and Describing Smells
But is this a problem with our noses, or with English?
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The Hope Diamond Was Once a Symbol for Louis XIV, the Sun King
New research indicates that the stone was once specially cut to produce an image of a sun when mounted on a gold background
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Just Call This Hunter-Gatherer Ol’ Blue-Eyes
DNA from an ancient human tooth found in a cave in Spain reveals one European hunter-gatherer’s complexion
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The Grand Canyon Is Young And Old, All at the Same Time
Geologically, the Grand Canyon is a baby, but you might say it has an old soul
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Stephen Hawking Thinks Black Holes Don’t Exist
And he’s been trying to tell the rest of us for a decade
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Dogs Can Get Sexually Transmitted Cancer, And They’ve Been Spreading It for Millenia
This contagious cancer has spread from a single dog that lived 11,000 years ago
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A New Device Can Use The Motion of a Beating Heart to Produce Electricity
Piezoelectric generators turn motion into electricity
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Twins Spend Their Whole Lives Trying to be Different From One Another
Many twins struggle to cultivate their own identities while being so similar to one another. And that struggle lasts a lifetime
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Simply Having a Gay Straight Alliance Reduces Suicide Risk for All Students
In schools with GSAs heterosexual boys were half as likely to attempt suicide
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An Oasis in the Void: Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Venting Water
Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter
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