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1 in 5 Indian adults over 60 show signs of mild neurocognitive disorder: Study
Almost 1 in 5 Indian adults aged 60+ show signs of mild neurocognitive disorder, according to a stu…
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American Forests Look Nothing Like They Did 400 Years Ago
Across the region, beech trees - large deciduous trees distinguished by smooth, grey bark - experie…
Dina Spector
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Humans may have evolved to spot an animal hidden in this picture
The results support Snake Detection Theory, the idea that our pre-primate ancestors evolved stronge…
Gus Lubin
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Researchers Put Tails On Chickens To Make Them Walk Like Dinosaurs
"Our results support the hypothesis that gradual changes in the location of the centre of mass resu…
Jennifer Welsh
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Scientists Used Facebook To Gain Unprecedented Insights Into How We Use Language
Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center, explained why the new approach trumps …
Michael Kelley
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Great White Sharks Are Not Total Psychopaths
Observation of the scavenging events found the sharks methodically eating first the whale’s fluke a…
Jennifer Welsh
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We Might Be Able To Identify Criminals From The Reflections In People's Eyes
"Spontaneous recognition," when researchers showed multiple images much like a police line-up, also…
Christina Sterbenz
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Here's How People Say 'Huh?' Around The World
"We sampled 31 languages from diverse language families around the world in this study, and we foun…
Lauren F Friedman
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No, The Speech Trend Called 'Vocal Fry' Probably Won't Hurt Your Chances Of Getting Hired
The phrase "thank you" in both examples also gives important context for the study. In neither vers…
Christina Sterbenz
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Couples who meet on dating apps are more keen to settle down and have kids than those who meet by chance in person, a study finds
A new study published in PLOS One found couples who meet via dating app actually form a deeper bond…
Canela López
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Blockbuster report claims 'Big Sugar' derailed a national health effort to eliminate cavities
After sifting through the available evidence, the PLOS researchers concluded that the International…
Ellie Kincaid
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Researchers have found signs of ritual violence on skeletons from an ancient civilization in the Andes
Ritual violence did include human sacrifice in later eras, so researchers wrote the the ritual viol…
Kevin Loria
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Man's Best Friend Is At Least 33,000 Years Old
If the Altai dog was really domesticated, it would push back the origin of today's house pets more …
Jennifer Welsh
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People threatening to 'come back Orlando-style' highlights an unsettling side effect of gun violence
"The copycat phenomenon is real," Andre Simons of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit told NBC, in r…
Christina Sterbenz
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This 60-second animation shows how divided Congress has become over the last 60 years
It's news to no one that Congress has had a hard time passing legislation in recent years. Some hav…
Alex Kuzoian
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People in a new study struggled to turn off a robot when it begged them not to: 'I somehow felt sorry for him'
The study, originally reported on by The Verge, was designed to examine the "media equation theory,…
Kaylee Fagan
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A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
Scientists on Thursday published a paper identifying and naming the worm, which they said belonged …
Rebecca Cohen,Jenny McGrath
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A coffee empire is forming, but there's a massive problem no one's talking about
On a recent visit to a coffee farm in Costa Rica, considered one of the havens for consistently smo…
Erin Brodwin
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A billion-dollar coffee empire is forming, but there's a massive problem threatening the industry that no one's talking about
On a recent visit to a coffee farm in Costa Rica, considered one of the havens for consistently smo…
Erin Brodwin
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The music you like says a lot about how your brain processes information
Knowing what types of music people like based on how they process information could be important in…