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animals Teenage humans and teen chimpanzees are quite similar, according to new scientific study David Pescovitz
Alzheimer's disease Why is the posterior hippocampus larger than normal in London taxi drivers? A.E. Gómez
psychology A new neuroscience book argues that our brains aren't computers — they're the internet Thom Dunn
sleep New study: People who are dreaming can have rational conversations with those who are awake David Pescovitz
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androids People are willing to endanger human lives to protect robots, according to study Mark Frauenfelder
Science New gamblers who see a short video about slot-machine psychology don't get tricked Cory Doctorow
podcasts Why we are prone to optimism and hope over realism and the skepticism of experience David McRaney
psychology The strange, mutating story of "willpower" and what we think it might be as of right now Cory Doctorow
Science Psychology journal editor asked to resign for refusing to review papers unless he can see the data Rob Beschizza