Being Human

By damaging a nerve involved in the sensation of eating creamy food, ear infections may up the odds of obesity in later life

The proportions of a man's face could reveal how aggressive he is, a study of male ice-hockey players reveals

When Michael Brooks went in search of the placebo effect, he was shocked by what he found (full text available to subscribers)

By switching our mindset from despairing fatalism to "can-do" optimism, psychologists say they have a unique and vital role to play in the fight against global warming (full text available to subscribers)

The Sahara was once a lush green home to at least two flourishing lakeside Stone Age populations, a discovery of a mass graveyard from the era reveals

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A study of blind athletes indicates that actions like throwing our arms in the air are built-in, and evolved as a way of asserting a position in a social hierarchy (full text available to subscribers)

A study of blind athletes indicates that actions like throwing our arms in the air are built-in, and evolved as a way of asserting a position in a social hierarchy (full text available to subscribers)

When biologists discovered the role of FOXP2 in language, they thought it would set us apart from other animals. How wrong they were. (full text available to subscribers)

For the first time, a controlled scientific experiment has shown that people's faces do seem more attractive when we have been drinking

The internet has overtaken more traditional avenues for people in the US to find their perfect mate

By looking at a player's body before the ball leaves their hands, pros can predict whether a shot will swoosh through the basket or bounce off the rim

One-third of male soldiers in Liberia claim they were sexually abused during the civil war, suggesting that sexual violence against males may be under-documented in many conflicts

The contraceptive pill might disguise the body odours that tell women which men are genetically different enough to be suitable mates

A study of blind athletes indicates that they are built-in and evolved as a way of asserting a position in a social hierarchy (full text available to subscribers)

Researchers have identified an area of the brain that is active both when we read or watch an emotional scene and when we experience that same emotion

Uglier people were twice as likely to get booted off a Dutch TV game show than attractive players (full text available to subscribers)

Archaeology has helped us reconstruct our human past, but unanswered questions remain

Police could benefit from "linkage analysis" software that connects serial crimes by revealing similarities in the perpetrator's behaviour (full text available to subscribers)

New genetic evidence may at last identify the sender of the anthrax-laden letters that killed five people in 2001 (full text available to subscribers)