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May 24, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Is She The World's Smartest Dog? Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Chaser, a 9-year-old border collie that gained fame for understanding more than 1,000 English words, now has shown that she can understand sentences. Continue reading... Battle-Scarred King Buried In Odd Grave, Researchers Say Amateurs Help Solve Riddle Of Strange Binary Stars EXPLAINED: How White Tiger Got Its Rare Coat REVEALED: Disturbing Trend In Human Intelligence WATCH: Super-Smart Dog Understands Sentences Old Leaves Reveal Cause Of Great Famine WATCH: Super-Smart Dog Understands Sentences REVEALED: Disturbing Trend In Human Intelligence REVEALED: Disturbing Trend In Human Intelligence Old Leaves Reveal Cause Of Great Famine Germier Than You Ever Imagined ALLEN FRANCES Is Criticism of DSM-5 'Anti-psychiatry'? The latest in APA's fluffy public relations has come from the president of the American Psychiatric Association. He has made two astounding claims -- that criticism of DSM-5 is somehow equivalent to criticism of psychiatry and that it signifies stigma against mental illness. Continue reading... TAMAR KRISHNAMURTI Cognitive Research Supports Plan B Access Where teens need help is in avoiding situations where they might lose control and in coping with situations when things have not gone as planned. Parental guidance can help with the former. Easy, informed access to Plan B can help with the latter. Continue reading... WRAY HERBERT Uncommon Sense: Toward an RQ Test? Keith Stanovich has just begun a three-year project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, to create the first comprehensive assessment of rational thinking -- what may someday be commonly called the RQ test. Continue reading... KIERA WILMOT An Unexpected Reaction: Why a Science Experiment Gone Bad Doesn't Make Me a Criminal That morning I was taking the experiment to be approved by my teacher. My friends and I were outside, and they wanted to see how it worked. It did not react the way I expected it to. The lid popped off and smoke came out. If I could go back in time, I definitely wouldn't have done it. Continue reading... KUNAL K. DAS Quantum Mechanics of Love People have been trying to understand this business of love and relationships forever, and have tried just about everything - art, poetry, literature, psychology, sociology, biology, you name it. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003