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Some people have a remarkable aptitude for recognising a face – are you one of them?
Here’s how to tell airglow from northern lights.
Facebook has banned insurance firm Admiral from using its data but research suggests it could predict if you’re a risk taker.
New study suggests a 64km diameter body travelling at 15km per second created the Orientale Basin on the moon.
Scientists are increasingly working out that the body actually shapes the mind. New research even raises hopes about new treatments for mental health problems.
The developing world is waking up to the internet. We need to know how new generations of children use it.
Why is figurative language more powerful – and what feelings exactly does it stir in an audience?
Research suggests friends don’t just help in the bad times – they cut damaging stress just by being around.
Wetland disappearance is destroying organic historical evidence that’s been preserved for thousands of years.
How to solve mysteries with an accessible computer program.
Social media has speeded up our lives, and although video micro-blog service Vine may close, life isn’t going to get any slower.
It’s all in the faces they pull.
A 133 million-year-old fossil hints that dinosaurs had bigger brains than we’ve realised.
Your memory of an event can be manipulated – and miscarriages of justice can follow.
Science has shown that women are better at nurturing and men are better at logic. Or has it?
There are powerful but hidden psychological forces at work that make it difficult for many women to utter the f-word.
The recent cyber attack on the Dyn infrastructure shows why the internet of things poses a risk to us all.
Mice increase their pain sensitivity when they see others suffer. Could the same be true for humans?
Once you’ve been dishonest, it’s harder to stop – here’s why.
The internet’s architecture is under attack again as a huge denial of service attack takes out major sites in US and Europe.
A single session of football heading can temporarily impair memory. So what does that mean for children with developing brains?
Sonification is a technique for converting data into sound. It could transform the study of distant worlds.
Apple has pulled back from challenging the car industry with a new vehicle.
Without research on primates, we wouldn’t be able to understand the human brain – or repair it.