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Big Secrets Weigh You Down
New research suggests that we think of weighty secrets as a physical burden, whether we realize it or not.
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Thinking About Death is Good for You
Contemplations of your own mortality often lead interesting places.
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How Teamwork Made Us Smarter
Though many of us might assume that our big brains came about in a cutthroat struggle for survival, new research implies that cooperation may actually have been the driver behind the development of human intelligence.
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Is Justice Rooted in the Brain?
A new theory authored by scientists from Yale and Vanderbilt offers a neurobiological model for the evolution of third-party punishment in human societies.
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How Your Need to Belong Affects Your Economic Decisions
Which do you find more soothing: retail therapy or giving to charity?
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Did Worrying Coevolve With Intelligence?
New research suggests that worry may have coevolved with intelligence in humans, a sign that Thrag's smarter, more brooding cousins were indeed better candidates for survival.
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Low Social Rank Makes Monkeys Sick
Life at the bottom of the social hierarchy stinks, especially if you're a rhesus macaque.
