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Diver surfaces as colleague standing above him holds large mastodon bone

Humans

First Americans hunted big game in Florida 14,500 years ago

Tools and butchered mastodon bones challenge the idea that giant mammals went extinct soon after people first settled in the Americas

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Tokyo tube

Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

Older dads

Health

Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

Question mark

Humans

Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself

Features

There's a savant in you – and this man wants to find it

Health

There's a savant in you – and this man wants to find it

Opinion

My brain collection could help us all thrive in old age

Life

My brain collection could help us all thrive in old age

Opinion

Down in the dumps? Don't worry, your brain is still on point

Health

Down in the dumps? Don't worry, your brain is still on point

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Why choosing the right workout could fine-tune your brain

Health

Why choosing the right workout could fine-tune your brain

Features

Iodine supplements might raise the UK's IQ, but jury still out

Health

Iodine supplements might raise the UK's IQ, but jury still out

An analysis of pregnant women has suggested that children's IQ would rise if mothers-to-be took iodine supplements, but others question the benefits

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Life

What if … Intelligence is a dead end?

Features

Life

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

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Life

Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Features

Life

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Features