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An update to the stethoscope, why fevers may be healthy, how whales' brains are like ours, making robots from DNA, and lessons from the fat and skinny genes.
Cultural Rhythms
How you interpret a simple rhythm depends on what language you speak.
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Something unexpected at the North Pole, World Toilet Day and other toilet news, why golf balls have dimples but racecars don't, how a father's pheromones may control his daughter's growth, and using satellites for archaeology in Egypt.
Father Pheromones
Fathers may emit pheromones that keep their daughters young.
Neanderthal Roundup
Little is known about the Neanderthals, a close extinct relative of modern humans. But that could be about to change.
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Your birthday greetings to us, hopeful news about malaria in Africa, robots that can recover from injury, news about Neanderthals, the truth about lie detectors, and money brings out the best and the worst in us.
Money Mentality
Thinking about money can encourage both self-reliance and self-centeredness.
Polygraph Tests
Lie detector tests are used widely in law enforcement and even in some high-security workplaces. But are they accurate?
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Our special birthday show! A louse killer that's evolution-proof, what comes after Hubble, the universality of color, listening to icebergs, and how physics was different in the early universe.
Inheriting Expressions
New evidence suggests we may inherit our facial expressions from our parents.
Campaign Ads
Contrary to common wisdom, people informed about politics are more susceptible to emotional campaign ads.
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Whiskers could help robots feel, how bee brains are like human brains, a genetic disorder with musical gifts, how a storm at the North Pole damaged an iceberg at the South Pole, and what science is telling scholars about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Precious Aglets
Brass shoelace tags were more valuable than gold to indigenous Cubans at the time of Columbus.
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Cycles in the Earth's orbit and tilt may cause extinctions, what got the Oracle of Delphi high, why farming salmon hurts their wild cousins, the masculine face of compulsive shopping, and the health benefits of smoking bans.
Male Shoppers
Despite gender stereotypes and past data, compulsive shopping afflicts men and women about equally.
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The truth about star naming, a practical plan for getting rid of fossil fuels, imitating gecko feet, worms in your diet, and why we have a bias against foreigners.
In-Group Altruism
Research with indigenous Papua New Guineans suggests that we have an innate preference for members of our own group.
Macbeth Effect
Washing your hands really can relieve a guilty conscience, according to new research.
Race and Achievement
A simple self-esteem-building exercise could help close the stubborn "achievement gap" between African Americans and whites.
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A good time to be a dinosaur hunter, how your personality affects your health, electricity could heal wounds, plastics made from DNA, and the fastest body parts in the world.
Heart and Personality
New research suggests personality and heart disease aren't as intertwined as we thought.