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Humans have a positive view of nature. But is this due to an approach we have learned while growing up, or is it something we are born with? The answer is 'Both', according to researchers. Humans have ...

Intelligence is linked to genes, but its development depends not only on heredity, but also on environmental influences.

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Heredity helps determine why some adults are persistently lonely, research co-authored by psychologists at the University of Chicago shows. Working with colleagues in The Netherlands, the scholars ...

England’s King George III descended into mental chaos, or what at the time was called madness, in 1789. Physicians could not say whether he would recover or if a replacement should assume the throne.

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Family photos from Kaleucagys, Kekova, Turkey. Photo by Anton Watman, via Shutterstock. Have you ever taken a peek at your family tree? If you trace back along those branches, you might discover some ...

Humans have a positive view of nature. But is this due to an approach we have learned while growing up, or is it something we are born with? The answer is ‘Both’, according to researchers at the ...