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Seals are more similar to us than we think

By Jitse Amelink / 12 March 2026

Seals may be more similar to us than we think. They are one of only


Do your genes define who you are?

By Lucia De Hoyos / 6 November 2025

The sound of genetics often has a fatalistic ring to it. But is that true?


InScience: documentary Hacking Hate sheds light on the influence of hate speech on social media

By Carmen Ramoser / 23 July 2025

Why do people engage in hate speech online? TalkLing attended a screening of the documentary


What genes make our brains look like our grandpas?

By Jitse Amelink / 1 July 2025

Humans share almost all of their genes with chimpanzees. But humans have bigger and more


New COVID-19-related words as social antibodies keeping our brain busy.

By Francesca Carota / 28 June 2021

When facing unexpected world changes, as in the case of the current pandemic, the language system adapts to the challenge to express a new reality. How? By forging new words! Let’s find out how this happens by looking at one of the most powerful engines we can count on: our brain.


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