A nasal spray to shed shyness
University of Zurich researchers have created a spray that can relieve people of shyness, and help them socialise with others.

A Survival Imperative for Space Colonization
The Copernican formula predicts, based solely on our 200,000-year track record, that the human race is likely to survive at least 5,100 more years but not longer than 7.8 million — roughly the same prediction you’d make based on the longevity of past mammals on Earth.

Williams syndrome offers clues to human brain development
People with Williams syndrome have trouble with space and numbers, but also a strange set of traits including a love of company and conversation combined, often awkwardly, with a poor understanding of social dynamics and a lack of social inhibition. Recent research into Williams syndrome offers some interesting clues about the history of human brain development.