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The Perils of Copy Protection

Tech companies handcuff our files to protect against digital pirates. The strategy isn't just annoying for customers—it could be hurting sales

Kids' Self-Control Is Crucial for Their Future Success

Parsing the Twitterverse: New Algorithms Analyze Tweets

Smarter language processors are helping experts analyze millions of short-text messages from across the Internet

The Bilingual Advantage: Second Language Increases Cognitive Ability

Learning a second language can give kids' brains a boost

Ahead of Their Time: Neandertals and the First Grandparents

Neandertals and early modern humans showed fits and starts of creativity before archaeology's big bang

Fast-Evolving Brains Helped Humans out of the Stone Age

People were once thought to have ancient psyches ill-suited to modern existence, but they have adapted much more quickly than early theories had predicted

Early Interventions: Baby Brains May Signal Later Language Problems [Video]

See how researchers keep tabs on electrical activity inside the heads of the youngest young to spot developmental challenges

How to Build a Better Learner

Brain studies suggest new ways to improve reading, writing and arithmetic--and even social skills

Why Autism Strikes More Boys Than Girls

A gene that interacts with sex hormones may explain the gender gap

Lingering Lies: The Persistent Influence of Misinformation

The brain holds on to false facts, even after they have been retracted

Big Buzzword on Campus: Is "Convergence" a Revolution in Science or Simply Jargon?

Mental Math in Infants

Babies understand counting before they utter numbers

Why Al Qaeda Has Failed at Cyberwarfare

"Project Nim" Reveals a Scientific Scandal

Readers Respond to "Ruled by the Body"--and More

Letters to the Editor about the March/April 2011 issue of Scientific American Mind

The Believing Brain: Why Science Is the Only Way Out of Belief-Dependent Realism

How Physics Limits Intelligence [Podcast]

Award-winning author Douglas Fox talks about his cover story in the July issue of Scientific American about the limits of intelligence, placed there by the laws of physics

Written All over His Face: Rare Condition Offers Clues to How We Read Emotions

People who feel what they see offer clues about how we read emotions and empathize

Calendar: MIND events in July and August

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Beauty and the Beasts: The Sight of a Pretty Woman Can Make Men Crave War