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Hannibal Lector

Health

Real-life psychopaths actually have below-average intelligence

They may be manipulative, dishonest and callous, but the typical psychopath is no Hannibal Lecter. In fact, they tend to get lower scores on intelligence tests

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Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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Life

This is why you can't help babbling to your dog like it's a baby

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Health

How to make even your toughest new year's resolutions stick

Analysis

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Earth

Here's how experts can rebuild trust in the post-truth era

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Humans

No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

Features

Alexa

Technology

How we fell in love with our voice-activated home assistants

Insight

Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Humans

Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Culture

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Humans

Super-you: We’re all reading each other’s minds, all the time

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Humans

Super-you: Fine-tune your life by making goals into habits

It’s your environment and the people around you that truly control how you act – but there are easy ways you can take back control

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Humans

Fake news shapes our opinions even when we know it's not true

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Humans

Moral consensus: a CEO should earn five times what workers get

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Humans

Zap to the brain alters libido in unique sex study

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Humans

Seeing reason: How to change minds in a 'post-fact' world

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