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<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37254" title="macaques" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/09/macaques.jpg" alt="" width="670" height="363" /> Monkeys may possess cognitive abilities once thought unique to humans, raising questions about the nature of animal awareness and our ability to measure it.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/monkey-self-awareness/

Monkeys See Selves in Mirror, Open a Barrel of Questions | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/collective-smarts/

Intelligent Individuals Don’t Make Groups Smarter | Wired Science

<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-37503" title="teamwork_michaelcardus" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/09/teamwork_michaelcardus-660x495.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="495" /> An early effort at defining general intelligence in groups suggests that individual brainpower contributes little to collective smarts.

Idaho’s Sand Dunes Tell Ancient Climate Story | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/idaho-sand-dunes/

Anger Management for Online Trolls | Wired Science

<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-37830" title="Day One Hundred Fifty-Five: Punishment" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/time-out-ericsbinaryworld-660x440.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="440" /> Browse through a few typical online comment threads, and the need for anger management quickly becomes clear, likely sending sane people scurrying off to more pleasant corners of the internet.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/troll-anger-management/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/neanderthal-feelings/

Neanderthals Had Feelings, Too | Wired Science

Exclusive: First Autistic Presidential Appointee Speaks Out | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/exclusive-ari-neeman-qa/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/drunks-see-intent/

Drunks More Likely to Think You’re a Jerk | Wired Science

Lab-Sized Earthquakes Challenge Basic Laws of Physics | Wired Science

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38156" title="Blocks of glass" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/Blocks-of-glass.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="602" /> A model earthquake on a lab bench shows that a basic assumption of introductory physics doesn’t hold up at small scales. The finding could have a wide variety of implications for materials science and engineering, and could help researchers understand how earthquakes occur and how bad they might be.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/small-scale-earthquake/

Autism Plays Hide-and-Seek in Family Genes | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/autism-sibling-genetics/

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38254" title="family-silhouette-newell" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/family-silhouette-newell.jpg" alt="family silhouette" width="660" height="440" /> Autism seems to play a genetically inspired hide-and-seek game in some families.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38394" title="skull-statues-flickr" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/skull-statues-flickr.jpg" alt="skulls" width="660" height="368" /> Piles of bones and historical records tell us the Black Death pandemic wiped out as much as half the population of Europe during the Middle Ages.

Black Death’s Daddy Was the Bubonic Plague | Wired Science

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/black-death-plague-cause/

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38432" title="marisa-cornuarietis-snail-goethe-university" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/marisa-cornuarietis-snail-goethe-university.jpg" alt="Marisa cornuarietis snail" width="660" height="509" /> Evolution doesn’t have to operate at a snail’s pace, even for snails.

Cool Evolution Trick: Platinum Turns Baby Snails Into Slugs | Wired Science

Birthplace of Modern Astronomy Faces Uncertain Future | Wired Science

WILLIAMS BAY, Wisconsin— Albert Einstein once said that he'd rather visit the Yerkes Observatory than Niagara Falls.

Giant Pterosaurs Could Fly 10,000 Miles Nonstop | Wired Science

Bloody Gourd May Contain Beheaded King’s DNA | Wired Science

<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-38852" title="easterisland" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/10/easterisland.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="444" /> Societies come together slowly, but can fall apart quickly, say researchers who applied the tools of evolutionary biologists to an anthropological debate.