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Could simple anger have taught people to cooperate? A new study chal­lenges one of the lead­ing the­o­ries as a sol­u­tion for an evo­lu­tion­ary puz­zle.

Different cultures’ music matches their speech styles, study finds Re­search­ers have de­bat­ed for years what the bi­o­log­i­cal ba­sis of mu­sic might be.

Your parrot isn’t just parroting, study suggests While many own­ers will at­test that pet par­rots have a pur­pose in their talk­ing, the sub­ject was lit­tle stud­ied be­fore re­cent­ly.

Music making may help keep mind in tune in old age Long­time play­ing of a mu­si­cal in­stru­ment may help keep your mind sharp as others’ start go­ing flat, re­search sug­gests.

Tiny bugs have own personalities despite being clones, scientists say Ti­ny green in­sects known as pea aphids have in­di­vid­ual be­hav­ior pat­terns, or “per­sonal­i­ties,” a study re­ports.

Does a smile mean something to a dog? Dogs can learn to tell apart smiles from blank ex­pres­sions in pho­tos of peo­ple, a study has found.

Why do men use silly pickup lines? A new study assesses the psych­o­logy and suc­cess rates of va­rious gam­bits by which men try to get women’s at­ten­tion.

"Forests" detectable even in distant solar systems, scientists suggest Once humans start im­ag­ing Earth-like plan­ets in other solar systems, tree-like life forms might also be detectable, a study proposes.

Bars may kill spiral galaxies Some lovely cos­mic struct­ures may event­ual­ly come un­done, say re­search­ers aided by cit­i­zen vol­un­teers.

Report of ancient meat-fest by human ancestors disputed Some re­search­ers are skep­ti­cal of a study find­ing that an­ces­tral hu­mans butchered an­i­mals over three mil­lion years ago.

Societies evolve a bit like creatures, study concludes In­creas­es in political com­plex­ity are usu­ally grad­u­al, as is the case with the com­plex­ity of liv­ing things, re­search­ers pro­pose.

Get them some sleep, scient­ists say of young delin­quents Many high-school age de­lin­quents get too little snooze time, re­search sug­gests.

World money meltdown can start in surprising places, physicists say Research­ers used con­cepts from "statistical phys­ics" to draw up a list of coun­tries that could trig­ger a global eco­no­mic crisis.

From brain science, new questions about free will Sub­con­scious thoughts are a start­ing point for much of our de­ci­sion­mak­ing, some re­search­ers ar­gue.

"Power-hungry" image may hurt female, but not male politicians Voters tend to pu­nish fe­male can­di­dates for seem­ing bra­zen­ly ambitious, but let the same qua­li­ty slide in males, a study sug­gests.

Study seeks to show how acupuncture really works A tra­di­tion­al Chin­ese heal­ing tech­nique may work by act­i­vat­ing pain-sup­pres­sing mole­cules in the body, re­search­ers say.

Diversity within species may be as important as among them Many past stud­ies have fo­cused on di­vers­ity of spe­cies as a key fac­tor in the health and resi­lience of a na­tur­al en­vir­on­ment.

Scientists explore whether some apes shake heads for "no" Prevent­ing an action by some­one else may be one pur­pose for which bo­no­bos shake their heads, a study sug­gests.

Mostly-male book images may reduce girls' science scores In a small study, a gen­der gap in school sci­ence scores flipped when stu­dents used a text show­ing only fe­male sci­entists.

New anti-cancer strategy: make tumors age Re­search­ers have identified a chem­i­cal chain of events that leads can­cer cells to stop re­pro­duc­ing be­cause they get old.

It seems we're all more human than average A widespread tend­en­cy for people to con­si­der them­selves "better" than the norm is well known. Now sci­ent­ists say another odd hu­man con­ceit may be com­ing to light.

Scientists learning how monkeys fend off "monkey AIDS" The find­ings could be use­ful in the quest to de­sign a vac­cine for peo­ple, bio­log­ists say.

Scientists: docs don't feel your pain much-and that may be best If you've ev­er felt like you've had a doc­tor who just did­n't care, re­search­ers now have an ex­plan­ation.

Baby temperament found to predict adult brain structure Four-month-old in­fants' tem­per­a­ment pre­dicts some as­pects of their brain struc­ture at age 18, re­search­ers say.

Females may harbor biological "inner male" In fe­male mice, switch­ing off one gene seems to start turn­ing the ovaries in­to tes­ti­cles that pro­duce male hor­mones, sci­en­tists re­port.

Second "Mozart effect"? Premature babies may grow faster Hearing classical mu­sic might make prem­a­ture ba­bies grow faster by re­duc­ing their en­er­gy ex­pend­i­ture, a study has found.

Poor, misunderstood testosterone Contrary to pop­u­lar con­cep­tions, the horm­one may some­times pro­mote fair play.

Tattoos, piercings may advertise good health Body decorations com­mon since an­cient times may ex­ist be­cause they sig­nal "bio­log­ical qual­ity" to po­ten­tial mates, a study pro­poses.