Can we really choose our own fate, or is free will an illusion?
9 December 2019
Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow asks if your fate is hardwired into your brain, from what you like to eat to who you fall in love with
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Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science
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What begins as a feel-good human-interest documentary about the dance of nature and nurture will leave you feeling very angry indeed - and much better informed
Double the risk of death! The problem with headline health statistics
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The way in which a statistic is presented can entirely change how alarming it sounds. And too often, both newspapers and scientific journals choose the most alarming, but least informative, way
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Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow
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What makes exceptional people? Will we need those extreme abilities in future? An unusual book maps the territory, linking individual stories to science
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People who migrate are at heightened risk of anxiety disorders, and these mental health problems may linger and get more severe through subsequent generations
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From altering your body, enhancing your senses or improving cognitive function, you need to be a risk-taker to plug into the dark arts of body modification
Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?
4 December 2017
Female monkeys spend more time staring at males that have highly masculine facial features, but we don’t know if they fancy them or fear them
Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
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Two “thinking” regions of human brains are much richer in a neurotransmitter called dopamine than the equivalent brain regions in apes and monkeys
Four brain genes help explain obsessive compulsive disorder
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OCD has been linked to genes active in a brain circuit involved in learning and decisions. The finding may help explain why the condition can run in families
