Predicting Your Baby’s Future

From tea leaves to crystal balls, the possibility of seeing a person’s future is a timeless fascination. But now, using technological advances that reveal details of a person’s brain structure and function, neuroscientists may be able to do what fortune-telling mystics could not—tell a parent what their child’s temperament will be when they grow up.…

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Risky Brains: Brain Structure Promotes Smoking, Drinking, Sex

Our survival requires balancing risk against reward, but some people take risks with abandon whereas others cower. Why?  Consider elite rock climber, Emily Harrington, who became the first woman to free climb the extremely dangerous route Golden Gate, on El Capitan in a day, triumphing only a year after she suffered a near-fatal fall on the same route. According to…

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