Mind & Brain Pictures of snakes and spiders stress out babies: fear of these critters is deeply rooted October 23, 2017 - Updated on October 24, 2017
Mind & Brain Need to improve your foreign language skills? A bit of alcohol will do the trick, researchers find October 19, 2017
Animals Wolves are better team players than dogs, study reveals, casting doubt on our view of domestication October 18, 2017
Health Some cognitive training games can really boost the brain October 18, 2017 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Animals Big-brained cetaceans have “marine-based cultures” similar to those of humans, study reveals October 17, 2017 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Biology Researchers identify brain patterns associated with learning to improve teaching, fight Alzheimer’s October 16, 2017
Mind & Brain Surge in pest resistance is making biotech crops worldwide less effective October 11, 2017
Mind & Brain Starting school before 8:30 AM increases depression risk, researchers find October 4, 2017
Animals You don’t need a brain to sleep, and we have snoozing jellyfish to prove it September 21, 2017
Mind & Brain Trying to resist a yawn makes you more likely to yawn — because your motor cortex is wired that way August 31, 2017 - Updated on September 1, 2017
Mind & Brain MDMA is now officially labelled a “breakthrough treatment” for PTSD August 31, 2017 - Updated on May 7, 2021
Mind & Brain Learning and exploration might drive teenagers’ risky, bad decisions, not poor impulse control August 21, 2017
Mind & Brain Talking in a foreign language makes our decision more about utility, less about emotion August 18, 2017
Mind & Brain Scientists poke at the root of our need for personal space — using fruit flies August 10, 2017
Health Loneliness might become a deadlier public health threat than obesity, researchers warn August 8, 2017
Health Not all video games are equal: some hurt your brain while others improve cognition August 8, 2017
Mind & Brain Biblical Canaanites live on in modern-day Lebanese people, with which they share 93% DNA July 28, 2017 - Updated on July 29, 2017
Health Neuropathologist examines brains of 111 N.F.L. players, finds 99% had degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head July 26, 2017
Diseases Over one third of all dementia cases could be prevented by actions that begin in childhood July 21, 2017
Animals What creature plans and understands what’s in store? Quoth the raven, Nevermore July 13, 2017
Mind & Brain They’re everywhere on facebook, and now scientists have stored a GIF inside a living bacteria with the help of CRISPR July 12, 2017
Mind & Brain One in five bots sharing fake news during France’s presidential election were also involved in the United States’ July 11, 2017
Mind & Brain Facebook: where relationship builders, town criers, window shoppers, and selfies come to chat July 7, 2017
Mind & Brain Extra-virgin olive oil might prevent Alzheimer’s and protect your brain June 22, 2017 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Mind & Brain Meaning is better than repetition when you’re trying to memorize June 22, 2017 - Updated on November 24, 2023
Mind & Brain Cute animal therapy can be exactly what you need to put the spark back into your marriage June 20, 2017
Genetics Abnormal chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA might explain why suicide seems to favor some people June 16, 2017
Mind & Brain Suppressing reasoning side of the brain with harmless electrical zaps enhances creativity June 12, 2017 - Updated on April 9, 2024
