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Mind & Behavior
Study the science of how we think, feel, and act, with insights that help you better understand yourself and others.
"Jumping genes" exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
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Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
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Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
It was a particularly good year for biotech and medical technology. There were also notable advances in energy.
What if you could just grow your own blood?
The concept of burnout is nothing new. But there are ways to prevent burnout and promote greater engagement with work.
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Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
They could also "turn off" their fear.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
These were the stories you clicked on the most.
Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.