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How Your Brain See-Saws between Risk and Reward
Tough decisions get calculated from a spot right above the eyes involved in impulse control
All the Ways Reading for Pleasure is Good for Your Mental Health
Even though it might be a dying pastime
The Brutal Origins of Bear-Baiting
The practice exploded in popularity following the Norman Conquest
Taylor Swift Drops New Insect Species
Thanks to a graduate student who is a “lifelong Swiftie”
DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Has the Potential to Become a Global Pandemic. How to Make Sure It Doesn’t
Bundibugyo is spreading exponentially in the DRC
The Promise and Peril of Toad Smoking, the Everest of Psychedelics
A conversation with author Kimon de Greef about his new book “The Ego Trip”
Why the Discovery of the First Short-Tailed Tsushima Leopard Cat Worried Researchers
They were concerned its existence could actually threaten its survival
Rope, Twine and Thread: Invisible Technologies of the Stone Age
Missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations like string played a huge role in the daily lives of our ancestors. Researchers are working to weave together new insights from the traces they left behind
