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How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

"Great sex is mostly a matter of paying attention."

By Katherine Rowland | February 6, 2020

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

Donna Jackson Nakazawa on Microglial Cells and Nature's "Neat Evolutionary Trick"

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa | January 31, 2020

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

Stanislas Dehaene on the Neuroscience of Focused Learning

By Stanislas Dehaene | January 30, 2020

Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

Chip Walter on the Race for Immortality

By Chip Walter | January 28, 2020

The Extreme Move That Saved Florida Panthers From Extinction

The Extreme Move That Saved Florida Panthers From Extinction

Craig Pittman on a Pivotal Moment for a Majestic Species

By Craig Pittman | January 28, 2020

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

Lydia Denworth on the Science of Social Groups and the Bonds That Keep Us Alive

By Lydia Denworth | January 28, 2020

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How, Exactly, Does Neuroscience Account for the Way We See Color?

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When a Man Took a Joke in a Pepsi Ad Seriously,
Chaos Ensued

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Has Listening Become<br> a Lost Art?

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Kate Murphy on the Evolving Modes of Communication
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By Kate Murphy | January 7, 2020

On the Strange Connection Between Brain Damage and Sex Drive

On the Strange Connection Between Brain Damage and Sex Drive

Sarah Vallance Learns to Navigate a Post-Traumatic Life of Desire

By Sarah Vallance | January 6, 2020

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

How Do Some Authors “Lose Control” of Their Characters?

Is it the Mysterious Work of the Unconscious, or the Mechanized Brain?

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Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

Why (and How, Exactly) Did Early Humans Start Cooking?

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and Who We Are

By Guy Crosby | December 17, 2019

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

On the Ambition of the Early Naked-Eye Astronomers

By L. S. Fauber | December 9, 2019

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

The Endless Memories Preserved in Siberia's Ice

Heather Altfeld on the Permafrost of One of Earth's Vast Regions

By Heather Altfeld | November 22, 2019

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Alyssa Hull Tries to Find Optimism in Teaching Cli-Fi
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