Learn about why sometimes people lie to seem more honest; how researchers finally figured out how to explain the Cheerios effect; and what we learned about evolution from studying Northern paper wasps, which can recognize each other’s faces.

Sometimes, People Lie to Seem Honest by Kelsey Donk

• People may lie to appear honest. (2020). EurekAlert! pml012820.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/apa-pml012820.php
• Meera Senthilingam, CNN. (2020, January 30). People lie to seem more honest, study finds. CNN. https://us.cnn.com/2020/01/30/health/lying-to-seem-honest-reputation-wellness/index.html
• Choshen-Hillel, S., Shaw, A., & Caruso, E. M. (2020). Lying to appear honest. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 10.1037/xge0000737. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000737

Researchers Finally Explain the "Cheerios Effect" by Andrea Michelson

• Researchers directly measure “Cheerios effect” forces for the first time. (2019, December 19). EurekAlert! rdm121919.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/bu-rdm121919.php
• Crash Chemistry Academy. (2018, January 5). surface tension - what is it, how does it form, what properties does it impart [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzqiAuOSz0
• It’s Okay To Be Smart. (2017, October 25). The Cheerios Effect [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKAwk-OG_w

Wasps Can Recognize Each Others' Faces by Cameron Duke

• Staff, S. X. (2020, January 27). “Profound” evolution: Wasps learn to recognize faces. Phys.org; Phys.org. 01-profound-evolution-wasps.html">https://phys.org/news/2020-01-profound-evolution-wasps.html
• Miller, S. E., Legan, A. W., Henshaw, M. T., Ostevik, K. L., Samuk, K., Uy, F. M. K., & Sheehan, M. J. (2020, February 11). Evolutionary dynamics of recent selection on cognitive abilities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(6), 3045–3052. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918592117

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