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18 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

Don't Trust the Applause

by Nisha Giridharan
Audience reaction may have little to do with the quality of the performance
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17 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

Trying to Learn a Foreign Language? Avoid Reminders of Home

by Emily Underwood
Familiar sights and faces can cause people to revert to their native tongue
12 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Beer Goggles for Your Brain

by Emily Underwood
Electronic zaps to the scalp make faces appear more attractive
12 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Babies Express Sympathy Before They Can Talk

by Susan Langthorp
Ten-month-olds can distinguish between victim and attacker in geometric stand-in for human fight
7 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

Fear of Death Makes People Into Believers (of Science)

by Richard Schiffman
Nonreligious individuals find comfort in science when stressed out, study contends
3 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

Online Dating Really Can Lead to Love

by John Bohannon
Marriages begun on the web are at least as stable and satisfying as those originating in the real world
28 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Who's (Socially) Smarter: The Dog or the Wolf?

by John Bohannon
New study challenges assumptions about domestication
28 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Microbleeding in Brain May Be Behind Senior Moments

by John Bohannon
Study suggests that stiffening arteries and burst blood vessels slow down older brains
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22 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Does 'Psychiatry's Bible' Need to Be Rewritten? (Video)

by Emily Underwood
Talk to experts in a live Google Hangout about the controversy over the DSM-5
25 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Strongest Evidence of Animal Culture Seen in Monkeys and Whales

by Michael Balter
Animals reveal the evolutionary advantages of following the crowd
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24 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Heavy Stubble Makes Men More Attractive

by Paul Gabrielsen
Ten-day growth rated better looking than full beard or clean-shaven looks
23 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Humans Have a Tender Spot for Robots

by Richard Schiffman
We feel empathy for "suffering" machines
11 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Why Your Brain Loves That New Song

by Paul Gabrielsen
Liking new music triggers reward system
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10 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Children of Blind Mothers Learn New Modes of Communication

by Elizabeth Norton
Babies are not at a disadvantage compared to other children and may gain some advantages
2 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Problem Child? Early Puberty May Not Be the Cause

by Dennis Normile
Study finds that behavior problems start before onset of puberty
29 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Monkey Smiles Are Contagious

by Lizzie Wade
Geladas involuntarily mimic each other's expressions, a first outside humans and orangutans
25 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

The Dangers of Too Much Alone Time

by Traci Watson
Loneliness won't kill you, but social isolation might
20 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Building a Better Schizophrenic Mouse

by Emily Underwood
Rodents share some features of humans with the mental disorder
15 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Twitter Cabals Develop Their Own Lingo

by Sean Treacy
Study identifies dialects that emerge from communities of tweeters
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13 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Do the Arts Make Us Smarter?

by Emily Underwood
Talk to experts about the impact of music, art, and the like on our brain
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12 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Hiding in Plain Sight

by Sid Perkins
Camouflage more effective when traveling in a group
11 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Facebook Preferences Predict Personality Traits

by John Bohannon
"Like" button reveals sexual orientation, religion, and drug use
28 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Tweet, Screech, Hey!

by Lizzie Wade
Birds and monkeys may hold clues to the evolution of human language
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27 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Secrets of Your Dog's Mind

by David Grimm
Chat with experts about the latest science on canine intelligence
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15 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

A Little Sugar Helps the Broccoli Go Down

by Erik Stokstad
Kids eat more vegetables when sweetener masks the bitterness
4 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds

by Virginia Morell
Male Eurasian jays know which foods their mates want to eat next
30 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Virtual Superpowers Translate to Real Life

by Lizzie Wade , Lizzie Wade
Volunteers given the ability to fly like Superman more likely to help their fellow man
18 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Facebook Chitchat Is Unforgettable

by Sean Treacy
Banal Internet remarks more memorable than sentences from recent books
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17 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Camouflaged Quail Eggs Hide in Plain Sight

by Sean Treacy
Ground-bound birds know which backgrounds make their eggs invisible to predators
14 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Can Chimps Learn to Play Fair?

by Michael Balter
Study suggests that our closest relatives have a sense of equity, too
10 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Are Crows Mind Readers ... Or Just Stressed Out?

by Michael Balter
New study suggests that the birds can indeed read each others thoughts
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3 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Your Elusive Future Self

by Greg Miller
A new study suggests people underestimate how much they will change in the future
18 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

Orangutans Have a Big Idea

by Rebecca Widiss
Thinking about tool use suggests similarities to human culture
13 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

Pee Marks the Spot

by Kai Kupferschmidt
Single protein in male mouse urine makes females return to old haunts
4 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

You Eavesdroppin' on Me?

by Virginia Morell
Eurasian jays change their behavior when a potential thief is watching and listening, suggesting complex thinking
29 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Read My Hips

by Emily Underwood
Intense emotions are easier to read in the body than in the face
12 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Wired for Harmony?

by Elizabeth Norton
New study shows the ear and brain prefer harmonic sounds
12 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: I Scratch, You Itch

by Greg Miller
Neuroticism behind the nefarious "contagious itch"
5 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Innovative Cockatoo: Figaro Invents, Makes, and Uses a Tool

by Virginia Morell
Even among birds, necessity is the mother of invention
1 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: Not Just Parroting Back: Alex the Parrot Knew His Numbers

by Virginia Morell
Like humans, Alex understood the order and absolute values of numbers
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