This week I learned why we're all suckers for the good cop/bad cop routine, and more
Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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- Emotional swings make you more gullible (New York)
- Oxytocin may drive dads to nurture their toddlers (Futurity)
- Fish found to communicate with one another using urine (PHYS.org)
- Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? (BBC)
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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