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- Closed Thinking: Without scientific competition and open debate, much psychology research goes nowhere
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- A mind for math: A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math
- Teens take home science gold: A low-cost, self-driving vehicle; battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at a global high school science competition
- Flagging loose bolts: “Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger
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Web edition: February 7, 2013
Print edition: February 23, 2013; Vol.183 #4 (p. 4)
FRAME OF MIND
Laura Sanders ponders turning off depression instantaneously in her column “A new generation of antidepressants could help patients feel better faster.”
BODY & BRAIN
See a video of nerves firing in a fish larva’s brain (below) as it hunts in “As fish watch prey, researchers watch fish’s brains.”
LIFE
Anthropologists rethink some fossil cues to hominids’ life history in “Chimps’ baby teeth don’t predict weaning.”
HUMANS
A study finds a link between the types of household chores that men do and how often they have sex. Read “Some chores linked to less sex.”
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