Humans

In the February 25 Issue:

::	Humans
	Anthropology Archaeology Behavior Psychology

Top Stories | February 12

Vodka delivers shot of creativity
Alcohol intoxication raises men’s performance on a test of verbal ingenuity.
Fighting willpower’s catch-22
Avoiding daily temptations works better than using willpower, which has oddly unintended effects.
Catching a mood on Facebook
Happiness and other feelings filter among online friends through their brief posts.
Junk food in schools gets weighty reprieve
Disputed data suggest that non-nutritious eats sold on-site don’t fatten kids.
Babies lip-read before talking
Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

:: More in Humans

Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.

Many people in nine countries don't know how to recognize or react to heart attacks and strokes.

How flames spread, not how frequently people start them, controls burning on the continent.

A brain-damaged man yields controversial clues to how people identify complex objects.

:: Science News
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Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.

Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

Many people in nine countries don't know how to recognize or react to heart attacks and strokes.

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