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25/07/2014 - 14:34
To test the idea that dogs can be driven by jealousy, Harris and her collaborator Caroline Prouvost recruited 36 university students with... →
31/03/2014 - 14:22
It’s true that the scope of psychiatry has greatly expanded over the past century. A hundred years ago, the profession had a near-exclusive... →
24/03/2014 - 16:25
THE RELATIONSHIP between my parents’ village and Sidna Ali varied over the years, ranging from comfortable to tense. However, as far as I... →
07/07/2013 - 17:13
The harsh dilemma between respecting the democratic process and dealing with the repression that it brought about was resolved the day... →
30/03/2013 - 15:14
“Take, for example, what the creationists call the ‘missing links.’ The theory of evolution posits the existence of transitional forms,... →
30/12/2012 - 14:45
“In the morning I get an urgent call from the residents,” Tsachar says. “They say: ‘Don’t ask − people tried to burn down the place.’ When... →
30/09/2012 - 20:03
For 30 years, once a month, H.M. would meet with one of the scientists who studied him. And every time she entered the room, she was... →
25/07/2012 - 11:45
The average wage, which is reported monthly, measures all the salaries earned by employees in Israel divided by the number of workers. It... →
29/05/2012 - 14:18
But that is not how dishonesty works. Over the past decade or so, my colleagues and I have taken a close look at why people cheat, using a... →
01/05/2012 - 15:16
Still, for the first time in many years, Independence Day can be seen as a true economic and social celebration for all its citizens. It... →
17/02/2012 - 21:10
Robert Kurzban of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia thinks there's more to it than that. His latest study suggests there are... →