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April 1, 2006Mind & Brain
Ask the Brains: April/May 2006; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0406-86

August 23, 2011Mind & Brain
Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Paying Attention to What Isn't There: Today's lesson from Sherlock Holmes is, in a sense, the most difficult to apply on a regular basis: pay attention to what isn't there, not just what is.; Maria Konnikova

August 23, 2011Mind & Brain
Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Paying Attention to What Isn’t There: Today’s lesson from Sherlock Holmes is, in a sense, the most difficult to apply on a regular basis: pay attention to what isn’t there, not just what is.; Maria Konnikova

August 2, 2011Mind & Brain
Too Hard For Science? Are There Drugs That Kill Love?: Antidepressants might lift up one's spirits, but might they break hearts? In "Too Hard For Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated...; Charles Q. Choi

April 18, 1868
Useless Speculations: 10.1038/scientificamerican04181868-249b

February 24, 2013Mind & Brain
Live Chat on Compulsive Hoarding--Tuesday, February 26 at 4 P.M. EST [Transcript]: Join us for a live online chat with Randy Frost of Smith College and Lee Shuer on compulsive hoarding; The Editors

June 1, 1990Mind & Brain
Overview: Schizophrenia: This devastating illness remains profoundly mysterious; John Horgan; Scientific American Volume 262, Issue 6; 10.1038/scientificamerican0690-37

November 5, 2021Autism
Coming Out Autistic: Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what that’s like; Brandy Schillace | Opinion

November 2, 2009Biology
How the Brain Reveals Why We Buy: Advances in neuroscience are changing the way some companies position their products, giving birth to the new field of neuromarketing; Lone Frank

May 2, 2008The Sciences
News Bytes of the Week--Was the Red Baron Just Lucky?: City of coughing angels; Absinthe doesn't really make the art grow fonder; Giant squid dissected and more...; David Biello, JR Minkel and Nikhil Swaminathan

June 17, 2010
Lost? Evidence That Sense of Direction Is Innate: Two new studies show how spatial parts of the brain are already functioning in infancy, revealing that not everything we understand about our surroundings is learned; Katherine Harmon

July 17, 1909
Notes and Queries - July 17, 1909: 10.1038/scientificamerican07171909-50; Originally published as "Notes and Queries" in

December 31, 1853
Abandonment of an Invention: 10.1038/scientificamerican12311853-122c

July 30, 1859
Civilized Plagiarism: 10.1038/scientificamerican07301859-73a

November 15, 2011Mind & Brain
Neuroscience Challenges Old Ideas about Free Will: Celebrated neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga explains the new science behind an ancient philosophical question; Gareth Cook

October 8, 2019Behavior
Play May Be a Deeper Part of Human Nature Than We Thought: An animal study brings us closer to understanding our own behavior; Ryan P. Dalton and Francisco Luongo

May 3, 2017Computing
Neuralink Wants to Wire Your Brain to the Internet--What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Elon Musk’s Neuralink is probably a dangerous idea, but to the first person who fell into a firepit, so was fire; Christopher Markou and The Conversation

January 1, 2012Mind & Brain
Ask the Brains: January/February 2012; 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0112-70; Originally published as "asktheBrains" in January/February 2012

September 4, 2013Information Culture
But the Cheetos bag said they were healthy! Evaluating diet and food information sources: On the Cheetos package are the words “0 grams trans fat.” They must be healthy, right? Grocery store packaging is one of the main ways that consumers get information about food and diet...; Bonnie Swoger

September 1, 2012Evolution
Aspiration Makes Us Human: Our drive to exceed our evolutionary limits sets us apart from other beasts; Robert M. Sapolsky; Scientific American Volume 307, Issue 3; 10.1038/scientificamerican0912-40; Originally published as "Super Humanity" in Scientific American Volume 307, Issue 3

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