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Looking at photos of food can lead us to become bored with other similar foods. Christie Nicholson reports

Exposure to a fearful memory while in deep sleep may help reduce the fear. Christie Nicholson reports

In a group experiment, members who donated the least and the most to the community were both ostracized. Amy Kraft reports

Voyager 1's own record of the plasma vibrations in its vicinity conclusively show that it has reached the space between the stars. John Matson reports

It appears we might be born with the knowledge that living things have insides and are not hollow. Christie Nicholson reports

A recent experiment finds that when people are about to lie via digital text they take longer to construct their words. Christie Nicholson reports

The distributed computing project Einstein@Home uses home computers to search through years of telescope data to find pulsars. John Matson reports.

Turns out that if we think something looks like trash then we probably won't bother recycling it. Christie Nicholson reports

NASA's WISE satellite surveyed the universe before being mothballed in 2011. Now it's being resurrected as a near-Earth asteroid scanner.

A special occasion can often make food taste better, and the more you are personally involved in its preparation the better. Christie Nicholson reports