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Babies Know Who is Trustworthy, Studies Show

From Science Daily: “Babies love to imitate. Ask any parent and they’ll report how infants mimic sounds, facial expressions and actions they observe. Now new research from Concordia University, published in the journalInfant Behavior and Development, has found that infants can even differentiate between credible and non-credible sources. Simply put, most babies won’t follow along …

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Babies show signs of Altruism

ScienceDaily (Oct. 10, 2011) — A new study presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism appears in infancy. Babies as young as 15 months perceived the difference between equal and unequal distribution of food, and their awareness of equal rations was linked to their willingness to share a toy.  “Our findings …

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Children Play like Scientists Work

From Wired.com: By Katie Scott, Wired UK The findings, which were published in the journal Cognition, reveal how 4- and 5-year-olds approach games methodically. They were given a specially designed toy “that lit up and played music when the child placed certain beads on it,” says Nature. The cognitive scientists found that, when the children didn’t know which …

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Top 5 Reasons Why Lent is Bullshit

You poor martyrs! How terrible that you have to do without soda, candy, chocolate, video games, TV, etc for a WHOLE FORTY DAYS. Have you given any thought as to all those who live in abject poverty and NEVER have ANY of that stuff?

Are you fat because you are religious?

Why try to make yourself and your surroundings better when you are just looking forward to leaving it all behind? Besides, if you eat yourself to death, isn’t that a good thing?

Similarities in Embryos of Various Species also found at Genetic Level

Evolution predicts that species with common ancestors should exhibit those same traits during embryological development. New studies have found that not only do embryos of wildly difference species exhibit the same visual similarities during development, they do so on the molecular level:

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