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		<title>Senators, governors and other mammals&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can our evolutionary roots explain that self-destructive search for sex - and sexual companionship? Could Darwinian psychology constitute the cause home-wrecking, career-blitzing fatal attractions?]]></description>
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		<title>Mass killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After another mass murder -- 13 dead in Binghamton, N.Y. -- The Why Files wants to know why they pull the trigger. What are the warning signs of "rampage" shootings? Can they be prevented?]]></description>
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		<title>Body odor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study finds that male body odor is harder to mask, but the male nose is more easily confused. Info lends insight into human mating, and helps perfume makers.  So what’s in your deodorant?]]></description>
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		<title>After the chimp attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We explore the sad saga of pet primates. Are these pets psychologically good for us? For them?  Are humans and other primates trading diseases at home, and in the wild?]]></description>
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		<title>Economic abyss: Can money buy happiness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers in positive psychology find that giving is better than receiving, that social relationships are key, and that money can - in some circumstances - buy some happiness.]]></description>
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		<title>Warm hand = warm heart?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New study finds that holding a warm cup of coffee for a few seconds can make us see other people as warmer, more outgoing. How come?]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The candidates are skirting issues related to environment, energy and science policy. Heard promising plans for greener energy, solid science advice, or coping with the decline of oil? We neither...]]></description>
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		<title>You may know more than you think: Impact of automatic assumptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you undecided about the presidential race? A new test shows that it ain't necessarily so. You may have made your decision -- but don't yet know it.]]></description>
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		<title>Testosterone: New key to Wall Street success?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial traders make more money when their blood has more testosterone. Is this another arena where the male hormone leads to success, or could success raise the hormone level?]]></description>
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		<title>Aggression -Another feelgood emotion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the brain, dopamine carries signals that make us eat, take drugs and have sex. New research shows that dopamine plays a key role in rewarding mice for aggression.]]></description>
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