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March 31, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Scientist, Soprano Test Violin Theory Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new research suggests.  Continue reading... Mercury Meteorite? Green Space Rock Found In Morocco May Be First From Innermost Planet Tiny Gene Device Seen As Big Advance For Biocomputing Nerds vs. Hipsters: Reddit Photo Explains It All WATCH: Blob Attacks Magnet In Incredible Time-Lapse HD PHOTO: Mars In UNBELIEVABLE Clarity COUNTDOWN: Hottest Science Stories This Week WATCH: Blob Attacks Magnet In Incredible Time-Lapse HD PHOTO: Mars In UNBELIEVABLE Clarity WATCH: Blob Attacks Magnet In Incredible Time-Lapse HD PHOTO: Mars In UNBELIEVABLE Clarity Weird, Brainless Worm May Be Humankind's Ancestor JON RONSON Strange Answers to the Psychopath Test Becoming a psychopath-spotter can turn you a bit psychopathic because it compels you to start reducing people to items on a checklist -- to their maddest edges. Continue reading... MARIO LIVIO The Fate of Life on Earth: A Cosmic Perspective Assuming that human ingenuity will be able to overcome expected perils like bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, violent volcanic "supereruptions," asteroid impacts and food shortages, there are still a few distant events on a more cosmic scale that may be inevitable. Continue reading... ALLEN FRANCES Where Have All the Normals Gone? We are spending tens of billions of dollars plying the worried well with unnecessary and expensive drugs; while at the very same time ignoring the desperate needs of those who really could benefit from psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Continue reading... TIM CHARTIER Majorly Perfect Baseball There is one statistic from the 2012 season that may be difficult to improve upon in 2013: the number of perfect games pitched in the major leagues. Continue reading... JONATHAN APPEL Can You Be Just a Little 'Psychopathic?' There has been a supposed attempt in the soon to be published DSM-5 to move beyond the system of putting people into categorical boxes (e.g. psychopathic or not). Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.