| Title |
Type |
Date |
Words |
| Ancient walking gets weirder: hominid fossils suggest a diversity in gait and stance. |
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May 19, 2012 |
410 |
| Stone age Southeast Asians. |
Brief article |
May 19, 2012 |
109 |
| Neandertal ancestors speak up. |
Brief article |
May 19, 2012 |
113 |
| The hot and cold of priming: psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior. |
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May 19, 2012 |
2983 |
| Baboons learn to tell words from nonwords: reading may rely on visual skills shared by all primates. |
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May 5, 2012 |
754 |
| U.S. autism rate continues to rise: prevalence estimate hits new high at 1 in 88 children. |
Brief article |
May 5, 2012 |
302 |
| Ancient ancestor climbed, walked: foot fossils unveil a species that lived near Lucy's kind. |
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May 5, 2012 |
364 |
| Stone Age fire rises from the ashes: early humans may have used controlled blazes for cooking. |
Brief article |
May 5, 2012 |
257 |
| Games Primates Play. |
Book review |
May 5, 2012 |
290 |
| Icy isolation may have led to new human species: cold-climate refuges possibly influenced Homo evolution. |
|
Apr 7, 2012 |
1033 |
| Pi master relates secrets of recall: record holder turned digits to images for use in stories. |
|
Apr 7, 2012 |
330 |
| Jordanian huts date to Stone Age: Hunter-gatherers built shelters before rise of farming villages. |
|
Apr 7, 2012 |
357 |
| Visions for all: people who report vivid religious experience may hold clues to nonpsychotic hallucinations. |
|
Apr 7, 2012 |
2593 |
| Little babies know common nouns: even at 6 months, infants recognize names of objects. |
Report |
Mar 24, 2012 |
359 |
| Vodka delivers shot of creativity: boozy glow may provoke problem-solving insights. |
|
Mar 24, 2012 |
335 |
| Obesity not fed by snacks in school: sales of junk food not tied to weight gain in national study. |
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Feb 25, 2012 |
335 |
| Willpower wanes after resisting: ability to exert self-control boosted by avoiding temptation. |
|
Feb 25, 2012 |
448 |
| Many happy payouts. |
Brief article |
Feb 25, 2012 |
118 |
| 'Hot-hand' scoring runs beat chance: such streaks mean hot players also get more opportunities. |
Brief article |
Feb 11, 2012 |
246 |
| Babbling babies read adults' lips: infants shift focus from eyes to mouth as they learn to talk. |
|
Feb 11, 2012 |
337 |
| Cardiovascular omens little-known: many Europeans don't recognize signs of stroke, heart attack. |
Brief article |
Feb 11, 2012 |
222 |
| Face memory deficit holds object lesson: recognizing mugs may not be so special in the brain. |
|
Jan 14, 2012 |
685 |
| Tools make early Arabia-Africa link: artifacts suggest Red Sea crossings 106,000 years ago. |
|
Jan 14, 2012 |
478 |
| Old head gets mummy makeover. |
Brief article |
Jan 14, 2012 |
111 |
| How To Think Like A Neandertal. |
Book review |
Jan 14, 2012 |
287 |
| Asia takes a bow. |
Brief article |
Dec 31, 2011 |
219 |
| Skateboarders rock at physics: experienced riders show gut knowledge of slope speeds. |
Brief article |
Dec 3, 2011 |
282 |
| Listening gets in the way of hearing: tracking a conversation can block out peripheral sounds. |
Brief article |
Dec 3, 2011 |
328 |
| Waving cash wins over the masses: pay strategy quickly mobilizes cross-country balloon posse. |
|
Nov 19, 2011 |
336 |
| Stone Age paint shop discovered: finds suggest advanced manufacturing knowledge. |
|
Nov 19, 2011 |
444 |
| Incas not always hostile. |
Brief article |
Nov 19, 2011 |
155 |
| Darwin's tongues: languages, like genes, can tell evolutionary tales. |
|
Nov 19, 2011 |
2341 |
| Humans moved into Asia twice: genetic data show continent was settled in two migrations. |
|
Nov 5, 2011 |
731 |
| Fossil finds give new details on ancient relative: species proposed to have given rise to first humans. |
|
Oct 22, 2011 |
666 |
| When one face looks like a crowd: multiple photos of a stranger's mug ID'd as different people. |
|
Oct 22, 2011 |
316 |
| Oldest hand axes discovered: African finds offer glimpse of early toolmaking complexity. |
Brief article |
Oct 8, 2011 |
249 |
| Support troops feel stress of war: in Iraq and Afghanistan, no one works 'behind the lines'. |
Report |
Sep 24, 2011 |
319 |
| Recession alters parenting style: mothers with gene variant became more aggressive. |
|
Sep 24, 2011 |
397 |
| Now You See It. |
Book review |
Sep 10, 2011 |
250 |
| Kids share the loot, chimps hoard it: group foraging legacy may prod humans to divvy up spoils. |
|
Aug 27, 2011 |
442 |
| New World Island roots. |
Brief article |
Aug 27, 2011 |
103 |
| Rock, paper, copycat. |
Brief article |
Aug 27, 2011 |
107 |
| Baboon bosses face high stress: in the wild, alpha males reign with surprising level of tension. |
Brief article |
Aug 13, 2011 |
301 |
| Narcissists need no reality check: despite inflated egos, they see their own vanity clearly. |
Brief article |
Aug 13, 2011 |
253 |
| Chimpanzee has an ear for talk: warped words no obstacle for ape that's hip to speech. |
Report |
Aug 13, 2011 |
342 |
| Water's edge ancestors: human evolution's tide may have turned on lake and sea shores. |
|
Aug 13, 2011 |
2472 |
| When numbers just don't add up: kids with dyscalculia have trouble estimating quantities. |
|
Jul 30, 2011 |
370 |
| Mammoth etching found. |
Brief article |
Jul 30, 2011 |
152 |
| Crime's digital past: computer science makes history in a Victorian-era courthouse. |
|
Jul 30, 2011 |
1292 |
| Early gals roamed, guys stayed put: teeth hint ancient hominid wives joined husbands' bands. |
|
Jul 2, 2011 |
424 |
| Homo may have originated in Asia: find suggests non-African origin for human genus. |
Brief article |
Jul 2, 2011 |
254 |
| Geometry comes naturally to the unschooled mind: Amazonian villagers grasp abstract spatial concepts. |
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Jun 18, 2011 |
804 |
| Kids perceive ownership principles: concept of property rights may come naturally to preschoolers. |
|
Jun 18, 2011 |
374 |
| 'Nutcracker Man' preferred grazing: despite name, huge-jawed human relative ate grass, sedges. |
Brief article |
Jun 4, 2011 |
296 |
| Stone Age cold case wide open: with no bodies, inhabitants' identity remains mysterious. |
|
Jun 4, 2011 |
403 |
| Autism numbers surprisingly high: South Korea study suggests cases going unrecognized. |
Report |
Jun 4, 2011 |
361 |
| Simple Heresy: rules of thumb challenge complex financial analyses. |
|
Jun 4, 2011 |
2693 |
| Bad multitaskers blind to surprises: study explains why some just can't see the gorilla in the room. |
|
May 21, 2011 |
331 |
| Neandertals had right-hand bias: fossil tooth evidence could be a sign of language ability. |
|
May 21, 2011 |
324 |
| Borneo orangs fish for their dinner: behavior suggests early human ancestors were piscivores. |
|
May 7, 2011 |
347 |
| Debate anew on long-dead bones: ancient species may have initiated rise of Homo genus. |
|
May 7, 2011 |
322 |
| Rising sea levels inspired ancient crossings from China to Taiwan: environmental conditions cultivated seafaring, not rice. |
|
Apr 23, 2011 |
829 |
| Toolmaking folk went east early: hand ax innovators reached India 1.5 million years ago. |
|
Apr 23, 2011 |
458 |
| The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement. |
Brief article |
Apr 23, 2011 |
253 |
| In-laws vital to early human society: relations by marriage sparked cultural exchange, study says. |
|
Apr 9, 2011 |
454 |
| Time twists morality. |
Brief article |
Apr 9, 2011 |
110 |
| Miscarriages of mood linger for years after lost pregnancy. |
Brief article |
Apr 9, 2011 |
105 |
| A man oblivious to music's tempo: researchers document the first case of 'beat deafness'. |
Brief article |
Mar 26, 2011 |
280 |
| Club drug is out-of-body experience: ketamine could be used in research on sensory integration. |
Survey |
Mar 26, 2011 |
418 |
| Lucy's feet were made for walking: bone puts a humanlike arch in an ancient hominid's step. |
|
Mar 12, 2011 |
404 |
| Humans could outrun Neandertals: homo sapiens' heels more suited to long-distance trotting. |
Brief article |
Mar 12, 2011 |
250 |
| Bilingual babies discern languages: early challenge of learning two tongues may hone thinking. |
|
Mar 12, 2011 |
322 |
| Callous-unemotional traits an omen: lack of guilt and empathy in bad kids signals trouble to come. |
Brief article |
Mar 12, 2011 |
240 |
| After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness. |
Book review |
Mar 12, 2011 |
270 |
| Stone tools hint at earlier human exit from Africa: controversial find could push expansion back 65 millennia. |
|
Feb 26, 2011 |
949 |
| The 'love' hormone has a dark side: Oxytocin may accentuate social tendencies for good or ill. |
|
Feb 26, 2011 |
479 |
| Fishy is more than a smell. |
Brief article |
Feb 26, 2011 |
116 |
| Chimps wear personalities on face: people can gauge dominance from expressionless photos. |
|
Feb 12, 2011 |
423 |
| Kids' friendships not all so mutual: many grade-schoolers put up with disliked classmates. |
Brief article |
Feb 12, 2011 |
228 |
| The write stuff for test anxiety: fearful students score better if they jot down their worries. |
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Feb 12, 2011 |
347 |
| Recalling a taste of the Iron Age: barley grains offer savory insights into ancient Celtic malt. |
|
Feb 12, 2011 |
358 |
| In the zone: evolution may have trained the mind to see scoring streaks--even where they don't exist. |
|
Feb 12, 2011 |
1581 |
| Famous sports streaks. |
Brief article |
Feb 12, 2011 |
332 |
| Ancient farmers spread swiftly: agricultural villages sprouted in Croatia 8,000 years ago. |
|
Jan 29, 2011 |
331 |
| Women's tears douse men's desire: diminished sexual allure hints at influence of pheromones. |
|
Jan 29, 2011 |
379 |
| Meet the growbots: social robots take baby steps toward humanlike smarts. |
Cover story |
Jan 29, 2011 |
2668 |
| Female chimps play with dolls: youngsters mimic mothering by treating sticks as babies. |
Brief article |
Jan 15, 2011 |
274 |
| Face memory skill peaks after 30: find challenges view that mental faculties all max out in 20s. |
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Jan 1, 2011 |
336 |
| Happiness found in next pew over: religion aids well-being via social networks, study finds. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2011 |
303 |
| Talking alike cements relationships: similar speaking styles augur romantic success, studies find. |
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Dec 18, 2010 |
347 |
| Theory trampled: doubt cast on Lucy tool use. |
Brief article |
Dec 18, 2010 |
107 |
| Wandering mind is unhappy mind: even pleasant distractions aren't better than none at all. |
Brief article |
Dec 4, 2010 |
244 |
| Aboriginal time flows east to west: sun's trajectory may define schedules for one remote group. |
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Dec 4, 2010 |
478 |
| Tool finishing technique arose before humans first left Africa: method may be 55,000 years older than thought. |
|
Nov 20, 2010 |
858 |
| Convicts subpar at weighing risks: serious offenders misgauge odds of both gains, losses. |
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Nov 20, 2010 |
325 |
| Getting to know you less and less: long-term couples ignorant of each other's likes, dislikes. |
Brief article |
Nov 6, 2010 |
272 |
| Massacre at Sacred Ridge: a violent Pueblo incident sparks debate regarding prehistoric genocide. |
Cover story |
Nov 6, 2010 |
2926 |
| Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives. |
Book review |
Nov 6, 2010 |
257 |
| Neandertals taken out by volcanoes: modern humans may have thrived thanks to luck, not wits. |
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Oct 23, 2010 |
324 |
| Remains of child sacrifices found: buried bodies and artifacts offer glimpse of Inca practice. |
Brief article |
Oct 23, 2010 |
302 |
