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Consciousness Glimpsed In Babies HOW Young?

| Posted 04.19.2013 | Science

By Paul Gabrielsen For everyone who's looked into an infant's sparkling eyes and wondered what goes on in its little fuzzy head, there's now an answ...

WikiNuggets, Vol.1

Tim Mattingly | Posted 04.16.2013 | Comedy
Tim Mattingly

I would know a whole lot less if Wikipedia didn't exist. A day rarely passes by without something piquing my interest and then suddenly I'm learning all about the mating rituals of porpoises.

Stone-Age Jewelry Reveals Ancient Fashion Trend

| Posted 03.09.2013 | Science

By Michael Balter The 2013 Academy Awards were, as always, as much about making appearances as about making films, as red carpet watchers noted fa...

REVEALED: Why Pain Can Be Pleasurable

Posted 03.01.2013 | Science

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 02/26/2013 03:08 PM EST on LiveScience Pain isn't always a pain. Sometimes it can actually feel...

A Brand-New Word!

Waldo Mellon | Posted 03.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Waldo Mellon

Like the soul, the Voocule is not something that can be actually seen or picked up or even located. Therefore, it may require some mental gymnastics to understand.

Boxing Study Spotlights Evolution Of Human Hand

Posted 12.21.2012 | Science

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 12/19/2012 06:51 PM EST on LiveScience Human hands may have evolved their unique shape in order...

EXPLAINED: Why Humans Are Made Of Carbon

| Posted 11.13.2012 | Science

By S.E. Gould Everything on earth is made up of combinations of different elements – all of which can be found on the periodic table. Considering ...

Blindsided

Jonathan Gifford | Posted 12.31.2012 | Books
Jonathan Gifford

Have you ever made what seemed like a cool-headed and clever decision, only to look back later and wonder what you were thinking of? When some entirely likely disaster strikes, do you find yourself asking how this could possibly have happened? Welcome to being blindsided.

What Are Some Mind-Blowing Facts About Anthropology?

Quora | Posted 12.02.2012 | Science
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By John David Ward, teacher I don't know whether what's mind-blowing to me is what's mi...

Early Human Bones Part Of 'Paleoanthropological Jackpot'

| Posted 07.27.2012 | Science

By Kate Wong Readers of this blog may have noticed that I’m obsessed with a recently discovered member of the human family tree: the nearly two m...

Distant Human Ancestor Had Head Like WHAT?

Posted 06.14.2012 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 06/13/2012 01:13 PM EDT on LiveScience Peer far enough back in the human family linea...

Humans Originated In Africa? New Fossils Suggest Otherwise

Posted 06.05.2012 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 06/04/2012 03:14 PM EDT on LiveScience The ancestors of monkeys, apes and humans may have o...

Apes Have People-Like Personalities? What Scientists Now Say

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2013 | Science

What makes you you? Psychologists say human personalities include what they call "the big fiveā€ traits: agreeableness, openness to experience, ext...

Satellite Spies Thousands of Ancient Human Settlements

Posted 03.20.2012 | Science

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/19/2012 03:15 PM EDT on LiveScience Ancient humans have changed the landscape around thei...

The Human Technology That Sets Us Apart

Mark Changizi, Ph.D. | Posted 10.20.2011 | Healthy Living
Mark Changizi, Ph.D.

We humans have speech because spoken words have culturally evolved to sound like nature. We speak because we've been nature-harnessed, not because we evolved to speak.

Researchers: Humans Crowded Out Neanderthals

AP | Posted 09.27.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- Were the Neanderthals simply crowded out by the ancestors of modern humans? That's the theory of a pair of British researchers, who say...

Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats: The Definitive Reason

Jesse Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Jesse Shapiro

I've always been a dog guy. I think most sane people feel the same way. I'll go so far as to say that 98% of all house cats would kill you if they could.

True Blood Is Making Me Want To Be a Vegan

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Andrea Chalupa

Eating meat and watching True Blood doesn't always sit well, so in the spirit of the conscientious Bill Compton, our Sunday's have gone vegan.

Neanderthal DNA Found In Human DNA: Human Ancestors Mated With Extinct Species, Researchers Say

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON — We have met Neanderthal and he is us – at least a little. The most detailed look yet at the Neanderthal genome helps answer o...

What Is Your Place In The World?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Judith Rich

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with this one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver I just re...

Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Avital Andrews

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

Will Machines Take Over the World? The Scientific Turning Point

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Robert Lanza, M.D.

Imagine watching TV without a screen or communicating with friends without facebook. Would you have an implant to be smarter? What's the status of the science? When do humans become obsolete?

Planet Hollywood

Avital Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Avital Andrews

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

"Day at the Museum"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jerry Zezima

I didn't spend a night at the museum for two good reasons: It closed at 5:45 p.m. and I am not, for better or for worse, Ben Stiller.

Book Review: Not A Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dan Agin

Some people argue that humans are merely crazy apes, but the counter-argument, that humans and apes are dramatically different, is not easily dismissed. So, how different are we from other animals?