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Learn about the “second brain” in your gut; what makes Jupiter’s atmosphere so hot; and why placebo buttons are useful.
The 'second brain' in your gut might have evolved before the brain in your head by Cameron Duke
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Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery of Jupiter's hot atmosphere by Briana Brownell
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Placebo buttons give us the illusion of control that we crave by Cameron Duke
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