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The Scent of Your Thoughts

Although we are usually unaware of it, we communicate through chemical signals just as much as birds and bees do

10 Unsolved Mysteries in Chemistry

Many of the most profound scientific questions—and some of humanity's most urgent problems—pertain to the science of atoms and molecules

Book Review: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Rates of violent deaths have declined, but psychologist Robert Epstein argues in this review that it is too early to praise human nature's "better angels."

MIND Reviews: Roundup: Quirks and Quibbles

Primal Brain in the Modern Classroom

Evolution biased the human mind to attend to some types of information over others—often the exact opposite of what teachers wish children would learn

A Moral Gene?

Texture Messaging: Breakthrough May Help Spinal Cord Patients Experience Tactile Sensations

In a first-ever experiment, primates move and feel objects on a computer screen using only their thoughts

Catching Concussions Early

A new test could help coaches identify head injuries on the sidelines

Depressed Patients May Process Hate Feelings Differently

Activity in the brain's "hate circuit" is out of sync across the circuit's three regions, leading to self-loathing and other failures to deal appropriately with feelings of hate, research suggests...

Painkillers Thwart Prozac

Over-the-counter pain relievers may block some antidepressants

Can People Have Multiple Personalities?

Although many therapists think it is possible, research raises doubts

MolBio Carnival #15!

Half Asleep

Deprived of rest, parts of the brain start to snooze

What Is Propofol--and How Could It Have Killed Michael Jackson?

The King of Pop's doctor, Conrad Murray, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, but could propofol alone have caused MJ's death? Harvard anesthesiologist Beverly Philip explains what gives this drug such lethal potential...

A Tale of 2 Rodents

Rats teach a neuroscientist lessons of love—or at least sex

Speech Disorders May Be Helped Using Rhythm and Familiar Words

Singing therapy is often used to restore fluency to sufferers of speech disorders due to stroke. Recent research found, however, it may not be the singing itself that helps. Christie Nicholson reports...

Of Tics and Compulsions: Brain Imaging Teases Apart Tourette's and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The Burden of Lying

Fibbing is tough on the brain. New strategies expose liars by adding to the load

The Hedonic Nose: Pleasure May Organize Your Sense of Smell

The nose really might "know" good from bad, even before the brain does

MIND in Pictures: Illuminating Thoughts