Teen Skepchick’s Reality Checks 12.27

vreify — December 27, 2012

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A spider that builds decoy spiders in its web to distract predators. (via Wired Science)
Wild dolphins give gifts to humans. (via Discovery News)
A monkey brain area that keeps count of kindness–one of the first demonstrations of the neural basis of social cognition. (via Nature News)
Gendered toy marketing, and how little has changed. (via The New York Times)

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Vy is a recent graduate working in a neuroscience lab with children and monkeys. She likes sewing, knitting, lifting weights, and reading in her free time. Especially reading about science!

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