It has long been observed that men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, but an association has also been found with ...

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Mice with half a brain experienced significant improvements to their cognition and movement when they received brain ...

Optical illusions thought to have influenced the design of the Parthenon in ancient Greece are not backed up by evidence or ...

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Don’t read The Ambidextrous Universe unless you are serious about maths and physics, because Martin Gardner is very happy to make his readers work – to enthralling effect, says Jacklin Kwan ...

Adult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for fishing for ants or algae ...