Humans
Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi
It takes forward planning and logic to conquer this puzzle in the fewest moves possible. Grab some coins or plates to try it yourself
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Life
First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains
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Life
Monkeys should be able to talk just like us 鈥� so why don’t they?
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Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety
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Longer 鈥榩enis鈥� drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish
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Super-you: Use your better instincts to crush your inner bigot
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Mind
Super-you: Discover the physics genius inside your brain
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Super-you: You have a superstitious mind 鈥� to protect you
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Super-you: We鈥檙e all reading each other鈥檚 minds, all the time
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Super-you: How to harness your inner braggart
Think you鈥檙e saner, smarter and better-looking than the average? Well so does everyone else. Recognising our delusions is the first step to doing better
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Our brains record and remember things in exactly the same way
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Zap to the brain alters libido in unique sex study
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Health
Bad memories stick around if you sleep on them
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Humans
We may be able to tap into our memories from infancy
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