Testosterone & Fatherhood
Men's testosterone levels drop significantly when they become fathers.
Sex & Spatial Thinking
Gender differences in spatial reasoning abilities may be strongly influenced by culture.
Ancient Food Roundup
Lager beers have been around for about 500 years, thanks to the meeting of yeasts from the Old and New World.
Shrinking Brains
Our brains shrink by up to 15% over our lifetimes, but those of chimpanzees do not.
Beauty & Brains
One area of the brain becomes active when we experience beauty.
Podcast for 22 July 2011
THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and why lazing around in a hammock could benefit your memory. Also, how your cell phone could help you kick the habit.
Neanderthal Hands
Evidence from ancient teeth suggests that most Neanderthals were right-handed, like us.
Podcast for 29 April 2011 – Whale Songs & Zebra Stripes
Cultural revolutions in humpback whale songs, a barcode scanner for zebra stripes, a prehistoric toothache, and changing skull sizes in the Iberian Peninsula.
Beat Deafness
Researchers have identified the first known case of beat deafness.
Shifting Skull Sizes
Over the past few centuries, women's skulls have grown closer to the size of men's, at least in one part of the world.
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
Loneliness & The Immune System
The immune systems of chronically lonely people switch from fighting viruses to fighting bacterial infections.
Podcast for 25 February 2011: Language & Behavior
The surprising way the brain processes Braille, bilingualism staves off dementia, and new research on stuttering. Also: why being lonely could change how your immune system works, and the relationship between popularity and bullying.
Out of Africa Roundup
New discoveries in the Middle East suggest humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought.
Eating Insects
Eating insects might sound yucky, but doing so could cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
First Clothes Roundup
Researchers date the advent of clothing by the evolution of lice.
Persian Gulf Civilization
Today's Persian Gulf may cover the site of advanced Stone Age civilizations.
Neanderthal Brains
Brain development in the first year of a baby's life set us apart from our extinct Neanderthal relatives.
Ancient Music
Playing ancient Peruvian instruments inside the ruins of a temple gives researchers clues to the music's cultural significance.
Toxic Cavefish
A toxic plant used in a traditional religious ritual is shaping the evolution of a Mexican cavefish.
Podcast
Bacterial poison darts, a new approach to cancer research, turning skin into blood, depressing night-lights and the differences between human and Neanderthal brains.
Body Networks Roundup
Your body could one day act as a cell phone antenna.
Tibetan Adaptation
Tibetans have a unique genetic adaptation that allows them to survive high altitude, low oxygen conditions.