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Formula Follows the Evolution of Writing Styles
By the Editor on May 1, 2012
How does literary style evolve? Surprisingly, clues lie in words with seemingly little meaning, such as “to” and “that”....
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Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different
By the Editor on May 1, 2012
A prevalent understanding, particularly in the 1980s, was that boys and girls are born cognitively the same. It was...
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Culture, Not Biology, Shapes Language
By the Editor on April 30, 2012
From Barbara King at NPR’s 13:7, a blog set at the intersection of science and culture: There’s no language gene. There’s...
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Wikipedia and the Shifting Definition of ‘Expert’
By the Editor on April 28, 2012
How do we judge whether a person knows what he or she is talking about? How do we gauge...
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Climate Science Needs Greater Social Science Input
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Climate researchers pay too little attention to social sciences, the executive director of the Bolivian Mountain Institute told delegates...
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European Migration Spread Farming, DNA Suggests
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Thousands of years ago, farming spread across Europe and replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of early inhabitants. Now a study...
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Study of Fighters Shows Brain Changes Are Seen Before Symptoms
By the Editor on April 25, 2012
Detectable changes in the brain precede the appearance of symptoms like memory loss or other changes in cognitive function...
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Are Creative People More Dishonest?
By the Editor on April 25, 2012
Are creative people more adept at justifying immoral behavior, and thereby more likely to transgress ethical boundaries? Or does...
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Two Heads Are Indeed Better Than One
By the Editor on April 24, 2012
Confidence can boost or bust group decisions
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Imitating Life
By Trevor Merrill on April 23, 2012
A review of "Mimesis and Science: Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion," edited...
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