Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge
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Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity ..read more
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Lessons from sports psychology research
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Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure ..read more
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How gut bacteria connect to Parkinson’s disease
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Growing evidence suggests a link between the debilitating neurological illness and the microbes that live in our intestines. The vagus nerve may be a pathway ..read more
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How the placebo effect went mainstream
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PODCAST: Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain (Season 3, Episode 3 ..read more
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The psychopathic path to success
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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists ..read more
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Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons?
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Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM ..read more
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Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time
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Researchers are rediscovering the forgotten legacy of a pioneering Black scientist who conducted trailblazing research on the cognitive traits of bees, spiders and more ..read more
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A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision
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Approved over a decade ago, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is moderately effective. Tailoring the treatment to individual brains may improve results ..read more
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Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever
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They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast ..read more
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Scientists scrutinize happiness research
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From meditation to smiling, researchers take a second look at studies claiming to reveal what makes us happy ..read more
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