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Recent Archives
Bad Eyesight
Why didn’t humans adapt to have good eyesight? (Eye adjusts to keep things in focus, but sometimes fails.)
Male Aggression
The area of the brain that regulates emotions is much larger in men than in women.
Microbe Roundup
Identifying the proteins of a radiation-resistant bacterium, microbes in the clouds of Venus, and allowing captive female animals to choose their mates
Contagious Yawning
Why are yawns contagious? (They signal a change in state, so our brain detects them.)