Addiction Blocker
A drug called (+)-naloxone blocks the brain’s addiction to heroin and other opiates.
Gibbons on Helium
An experiment with helium shows that gibbons can manipulate their vocal tracts like expert opera singers.
Precision Decisions
People trust products more when precise language is used to market them.
Haste vs. Happiness
If you consume something too rapidly, you may enjoy it less than if you space out consumption.
The Color of Money
The color red may be associated with more aggressive bidding in online auctions.
Archaeology Drone
An unmanned aerial drone maps archaeological sites in minutes instead of years.
Hunter-Gatherer Metabolism
People living as hunter-gatherers burn roughly as many calories per day as those in industrialized countries.
Yoga Roundup
Practicing yoga could help older people who have suffered strokes recover more quickly.
When Planning Backfires
Planning a major lifestyle change can be a good idea, but only if you feel good about yourself to begin with.
When More is Less
New research suggests that we’re prone to think a package deal is a better value if quantity is listed before price.
Eating Roundup
Cutting up a snack into smaller parts may help people eat less at mealtimes.
Robotic Gait
Engineers have developed a two-legged robot with a more lifelike walking gait.
Social Poker
Neuroscientists used poker games and MRI scans to separate social from purely strategic decision making.
Symptomless Colds
You can spread the common cold even if you feel no symptoms.
Parasites & Suicide Attempts
Researchers find a link between a common parasite and suicide attempts in humans.
Food Roundup
Eating a bit of dessert for breakfast helped obese people lose weight and keep it off.
Rage Blocker
Blocking a brain receptor in mice eliminates pathological aggression.
Dogs vs. Asthma
Having a dog in the house may help protect babies from developing respiratory synctial virus (RSV) and asthma.
Eye Roundup
New research into the science of the eye reveals reasons our pupils dilate, and why we look up when we try to remember things.
Dairy Detectives
Traces of milk fat in pottery confirm that prehistoric North Africans practiced dairy farming.
Podcast for 29 June 2012
BRAINS & BEHAVIOR - How the brain quickly overcomes arachnophobia. Why psychopaths' brains are different. And how the stress of great-grandparents is visited upon their great-grandchildren. Also: paralyzed rats walk again, and a robotic arm controlled by thoughts.
