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Treating depression with daffodils

Wordsworth was right about these flowers.

100 years of solitude

Lonesome George, the last remaining Pinta Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni) — who was around 100 years of age — passed away on Sunday in his enclosure in the Galapagos Islands. The giant…

Birds recognise faces

Birds living in urban habitats recognise individual human faces.

Stonehenge: symbol of unification?

Britain’s neolithic people pulled together to build this monument.

Male peacocks, not just a pretty display

When male peacocks display their feathery plumage they are also having infrasonic conversations.

Apple peel boosts calorie burning

An apple a day keeps the doctor — and the fat — away.

Do all vampires have fangs?

A trip to the Deep Oceans exhibition at the Australian Museum changed our perspective on these alleged neck nibblers.

The power of suggestion

  The effects of suggestion play a much larger role in shaping our lives than most people realise.

Where is your mind?

Scientists suggest embracing random trains of thought improves creativity.

Tapping into the unconscious brain

Neuroscientists have developed an unconventional method of communicating with vegetative patients. 

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