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Shakespeare was right: rosemary improves your memory

Rosemary improves cognitive performance and enhances long-term memory in up to 15 per cent.

Neanderthals were disappearing before modern humans arrived

European Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction 50,000 years ago.

Fear smells like sugar to fish

Scientists have figured out what ‘scary stuff’ is really made of.

Satellite cameras could be used for facial recognition

Photos from surveillance cameras, YouTube and Facebook could be used for forensic investigatons.

Amasia, the new supercontinent

All of Earth’s current continents will form Amasia, a single landmass, in 50 to 200 million years time.

Sweet, sweet medicine

Sweet news for those looking for an alternative to customary medicinal antibiotics. Honey, an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds, has recently been rediscovered by the medical community.

A few steps closer to Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak

  Now you see it… science can make things invisible.

From South America with love

6,700 years ago popcorn irrupted as a popular snack.

From words to sentences

Our brain uses two distinct neural pathways to divide the tasks of comprehending and producing language.

A Darwinian approach towards emotions?

Emotions are not as biologically “basic” as we might think.

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