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Two E&HB Papers claim 2026 Ig® Nobel Prizes!
IG NOBEL BIOMECHANICS PRIZE 2026 [UK, USA] Matilda Brindle, Catherine Talbot, and Stuart West for devising a more precise definition of kissing — “non-agonistic interactions involving directed, intraspecific, oral-oral contact with some movement of the lips/mouthparts and no…
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Announcing HBES 2027
Dear HBES Community, Now that HBES 2026 in Rabat, Morocco, is over, it’s time to start thinking towards 2027. Hosting HBES shows dedication to the society, so thanks to Zach Garfield and the hosts of HBES 2026 for a successful conference. What’s in store for HBES 2027? We are…
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MindCORE Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Scholars
MindCORE seeks to recruit outstanding postdoctoral researchers for our Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Scholars. Housed within the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, MindCORE is an interdisciplinary effort to understand human intelligence and…
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Sorcery: An Origins Story
“The Sorcerer”, sketch based on Henri Breuil’s original drawing of art in the Trois-Frères cave, France. – by Ronald J. Planer and Kim Sterelny People in many traditional societies around the world respond to sickness, death, and a range of other serious misfortunes in a strange…
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Seeing Interest That Isn’t There: Four Routes to Sexual Overperception
The same social cues can be interpreted as friendliness or sexual interest (Photo by James X on Unsplash) – by Iliana Samara Someone holds your gaze, laughs at your jokes, and suggests continuing the conversation over a drink. You might interpret their behavior as sexual…
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Possession is nine-tenths of the law – but maybe not for infants
– by Erik K. Fonn One important aspect of our social world is that we have intuitions that specific people have stronger claims to specific objects. We often refer to this as ownership. Getting this right is likely adaptively important: Taking the wrong things might be…
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Why (And When) Are Young Children So Bad at Avoiding Germs?
– by Serkan Özçakan, Florian van Leeuwen, and Joshua M. Tybur Young children often behave as if they are indifferent to infection. They eat food from the floor, put dirty fingers in their mouths, and readily touch dirty surfaces. Importantly, young children do not just fail to…
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How social connections shape our willingness to take risks
– by Joon Hwang Imagine you have two options: get $50 for sure or take a 50-50 chance of getting $100 or nothing. Both options have the same expected payoff ($50), but one might appeal to you more than the other. If you prefer to take that chance, you might be a risk-taker; if…
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Averageness Isn’t Enough: What Actually Makes a Body Look Attractive?
Photo by SHVETS Production / Pexels (faces blurred for anonymity). – by Zihan Zhu, Lan Chen, and Ying Hu Think about the last time you saw someone and thought, “They have a great figure.” What were you reacting to: something ordinary, or something that stood out? For decades,…
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Children Doubt Magic but Believe in Miracles
– by Ayse Payir and Paul L. Harris Young children are typically seen as naturally credulous beings, endowed with a rich imagination and incapable of distinguishing fantasy from reality. Given that they believe in entities like Santa, create imaginary friends, and fear monsters…