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Flies are creatures of habit

Bjoern Brembs

Flies are creatures of habit - at least that's what the latest research on the fruit fly Drosophila has found. In this article Bjoern Brembs explains how a marine snail started him on the road to uncover the brain basis of learning...

What IQ Tests Can't Tell You

Catherine Zentile

I.Q. scores have been rising steadily, by about 3 points per decade, ever since they were first administered. This is the Flynn Effect and it means that if we take the average teenager of today with an I.Q. of 100 and project the trend back to the 1900s, the average I.Q. was somewhere between 50 and 70 which usually marks a mental disability! Surely this cannot be correct...?

The Science of Linguistics

Andrew Caines

So what exactly is linguistics? Is it all about tape recorders, tongue twisters and dropped "aitches"? Or is it all adventure, exploration and the search for undiscovered languages among rainforest tribes? Well, it's both, and in this article Andrew Caines tells us more...

The Oracle at Delphi - Not Just Hot Air

Emma Gatti

The Pythia, the prophetess at the Oracle of Delphi, was said to be able to communicate with Apollo by going into a trance. But science has shown that these trances weren't down to divine intervention - instead they were the result of inhaling noxious gases from nearby geological fault lines...

Seeing Red

Nick Humphrey

One day someone will write a book that explains consciousness. The book will put forward a theory that fills the gap between conscious experience and brain activity, but we aren't there yet.

A Beginner's Guide to Consciousness

Manjir Samanta-Laughton

What is consciousness, how does the brain generate the experience of consciousness, and how are scientists trying to unravel a subject, traditionally termed 'the hard problem, which has frustrated the best minds for decades ?

The difference between boys and girls

Martin Westwell

As the war continues against "lad culture" which, according to David Blunkett, is responsible for boys' consistently poor exam results. What arethe real differences between boys and girls?

Science of Love - Cupid's Chemistry

Claire McLoughlin

Claire McLoughlin describes the chemistry of love and what happens when we fall in love, including substances that make us feel turned on, the neurotransmitters involved in orgasm and pheromones, the mediators of sexual attraction.

Surprise, Surprise !

Danielle Turner

Researchers have been investigating how the unexpected affects how well and what you remember. If you want to be remembered - surprise someone! Super learning occurs when we encounter something highly unexpected.

An Emotional Pattern In Dreams: Part Two

Dan Gollub

Previously dan looked at relatively simple dreams in which this pattern readily could be perceived. Now we shall see how even highly complicated dream content can be analyzed and understood.

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