Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words— mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like—that don’t convey any information about the topic of the ...

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The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the ...

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“Are all aware that sour just means basically lemonade?” she asks. “Like, if you take the most basic, like, sour mix right at the most basic dive bar, what is it? It’s a mix of lemon and lime juice ...

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In the U.S. 42 species of birds have low and steeply declining populations that put them on the brink of disaster, scientists ...

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People with a more active amygdala (an area in the brain involved in processing information relevant to threats) are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms after experiencing trauma than people with a ...