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Scientists Should Stop Naming Species after Awful People
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Estrogens and Memory Loss in Women
Research suggests that the family of hormones has a crucial role in the hippocampus
What Market Research Can Learn from Baseball
The data points we choose to focus on determine how we see the world
Does Technology Spell Doom for Close Relationships?
Research shows it’s not helping, but solutions do exist
The Magic in Your Eyes
What spectators’ gaze reveals about the conjuring arts
The Temptation of the Sorting Hat
Because sometimes tools designed to help us assess performance and potential just don’t
The Neurodiversity Movement Should Acknowledge Autism as a Medical Disability
Autism doesn’t have to define a person’s identity
Think You're Too Old to Learn New Tricks?
Research shows that acquiring additional skills can be a terrific way to keep an aging brain in shape
What Alfred Binet and Maria Montessori Can Teach Us about Intelligence
They found ways to develop human intellect, including in students thought to have limited prospects
Socrates' Critique of 21st-Century Neuroscience
The ancient thinker saw limits to what natural science can tell us about ourselves
Are Our Minds Just Our Brains?
A debate on minds, matter and mechanism
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