19/12/31

They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the science behind some of your cat’s strangest behaviors.

  

 

 

 

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19/12/17

With the holidays almost upon us, if your chest (and fists) are starting to tighten, if you’re feeling unease in your gut, it could be that, like millions of other people around the world, you are experiencing the holiday dread of having to pretend.

  

 

 

 

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19/12/13

Explore the stages of how your memory stores information and how short-term stress impacts this process.

  

 

 

 

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19/12/05

Today, about one-tenth of the world’s population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed — and why does the trait exist in the first place? Daniel M. Abrams investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties and righties gives insight into a balance between competitive and cooperative pressures on human evolution.

  

 

 

 

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