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How not to get duped by coincidences

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How not to get duped by coincidences

If the numbers get big enough any outrageously improbable thing is bound to happen. Discover when to trust your gut instincts

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How you can harness the placebo effect

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How you can harness the placebo effect

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A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains

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A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains

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no such thing as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ brain

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Scans prove there's no such thing as a 'male' or 'female' brain

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Robot language tutors to get kids up to speed before school

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Robot language tutors to get kids up to speed before school

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What does a memory in my brain look like?

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What does a memory in my brain look like?

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Computers learn to create photos of bedrooms and faces on demand

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Computers learn to create photos of bedrooms and faces on demand

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How high-fat ketogenic diet acts on the brain to help epilepsy

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How high-fat ketogenic diet acts on the brain to help epilepsy

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Brain zaps could boost our minds when computers see us flagging

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Brain zaps could boost our minds when computers see us flagging

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Craving control: how food messes with your mind

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Craving control: how food messes with your mind

There are strange forces at work behind our food desires. And unpicking the reasons why we reach for the wrong foods could lead to new ways to eat better

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Kids' sense of fairness depends on country they were born in

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Software better than humans at guessing how you feel from speech

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Is evil a disease? ISIS and the neuroscience of brutality

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The neuroscience of interrogation: Why torture doesn’t work

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