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  How to prevent an astronaut bloodbath on Mars

  By Katie Drummond on May 30, 2013 09:30 am + 144 comments

  Sometime within the next two decades, a select cadre of men and women will likely embark on a Continue reading…

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  Google makes Android design decisions using 'jars of emotion'

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 30, 2013 06:55 am + 94 comments

  According to the noted psychologist Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, it takes three positive emotions to Continue reading…

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  Valve looks to sweat levels and eye controls for future game design

  By Amar Toor on May 7, 2013 05:52 am + 21 comments

  Valve has begun testing new biofeedback technologies based on a player's sweat levels and eye Continue reading…

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  How we can learn to love the foods that we hate

  By Matt Brian on April 23, 2013 05:17 am + 37 comments

  Food preferences are known to change over time, but what is it that makes you suddenly love Continue reading…

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  Controversial update to 'bible' of psychiatry fuels debate over foundations of mental health

  By Amar Toor on April 19, 2013 06:05 pm + 114 comments

  For years, the diagnosis of mental illness has largely relied upon one book — the Diagnostic and Continue reading…

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  The madness of March: why the 'Big Dance' may affect fans' minds more than other sports

  By Carl Franzen on March 27, 2013 11:20 am + 48 comments

  Are you suffering from any one or more of the following side effects: anger, euphoria, depression, Continue reading…

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  American Psychiatric Association removes Asperger's syndrome from diagnostic manuals

  By Kimber Streams on December 3, 2012 11:37 am + 36 comments

  The American Psychiatric Association will be removing Asperger's syndrome — a form of autism Continue reading…

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  Why is Tetris so addictive?

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 24, 2012 04:03 pm + 36 comments

  With the seemingly unending popularity of Tetris, it's no surprise that some think there's something Continue reading…

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  The self-sacrificing teams who keep child porn off the web

  By Louis Goddard on August 25, 2012 12:55 pm + 27 comments

  BuzzFeed has published a great feature profiling some of the workers who help keep the web free of Continue reading…

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  Errol Morris on why some fonts are more trustworthy than others

  By Adi Robertson on August 9, 2012 11:49 am + 30 comments

  Last month, filmmaker and writer Errol Morris (known for documentaries Standard Operating Procedure a Continue reading…