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Quick to Laugh: Genetic Trait or Witless Imbecile?

03/06/2015

People with the short allele of 5-HTTLPR showed greater positive emotional expressions...

Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity

02/06/2015

The affairs of economically dependent men simply don't garner media attention, so we hear about this kind of infidelity far less often...

Dr. Dhanisha Jhaveri The University of Queensland

Learning, Memory, Mood: Different Neurons for Different Functions

01/06/2015

University of Queensland researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory....

Cut the Cynicism to Earn More MONEY!

30/05/2015

Employees who believe others to be exploitative and dishonest are likely to avoid collaborative projects and to forgo the related opportunities...

Waiting for a Callback. The Allure of Echoing Caverns

26/05/2015

Distinct echoes would be totally unforgivable in today's performance spaces. But, in the past, people sought echoes....

Killing Me Softly : How Depression Affects Hearing

25/05/2015

People with elevated depression symptoms are generally poorer at hearing all types of emotional speech...

New Approaches to College Drinking

24/05/2015

Crackdown on low-priced serving methods such as kegs and "happy hours."...

When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

23/05/2015

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

smartphones in class by StartupStockPhotos

Smartphone or Dumbphone? Phone bans = Higher Grades

22/05/2015

New technologies are typically thought of as improving productivity, however this is not always the case...

Asthma and Peanuts : The Unlikely Killer Combo

21/05/2015

Many children who have asthma have a sensitivity to peanuts, but did not know it....

E-Cigarettes and Quitting : Where’s the Evidence?

20/05/2015

E-cigarette use was associated with a higher rate of adverse effects than the nicotine patch...

What costs more than gold, diamonds or drugs?

19/05/2015

Rhinoceros horn is more valuable by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine, fuelling an extinction drive that may be unstoppable....

Staring into the Mortal Abyss. Motivational?

18/05/2015

Self-awareness among humans has been shown to create the potential for hope ...

Would Average-Size Models Supersize Sales?

17/05/2015

When it came to established brands, average-sized models could be used interchangeably with size zero models, with little or no impact on product or model evaluation...

Three Months Statutory? Songbirds and Eggsitting

16/05/2015

Songbirds balance longevity against the risk of their eggs being eaten by predators...

One Man’s Perfectionist is Another Man’s Picky Git

15/05/2015

How the three types of perfectionists differ in their social behavior and the type of humor they engage in....

The Rise if the Robopets. Or not.

14/05/2015

When engineers work on robotic dogs, they work on social intelligence, they address what people need from their dogs: companionship, love, obedience, dependence...

Flowers traced to Paleolithic burial site

13/05/2015

The most plausible hypothesis is that complete flowers were placed on the tomb...

Image by Jakob Helbig University of Copenhagen.

Catching Rays to Save Sunlight

12/05/2015

Regardless of method, when you store energy there is a theoretical limit to the energy density.... And then there is reality. ...

You like? Social media, sharing and sales

10/05/2015

Marketing campaigns focused on social media and socioeconomic groupings are likely to give the greatest boost...

Banking on Algorithms : Predicting Financial Collapse

09/05/2015

The learning mechanism of neurones has inspired researchers at the University of Valladolid (Spain) to create algorithms that can predict whether a bank will go bust....

Wooing the M-Shopper. Retail goes Mobile

07/05/2015

Low spenders in particular shop more often and place larger orders after adopting mobile....

(Badly) Analysing The Evolution of Pop Music With SCIENCE

06/05/2015

It's exciting to be able to study the evolution of popular music scientifically. But now we want to go further, and find out not just how the music has changed, but why....

Bricks and Mortar has good news in store

05/05/2015

When brick-and-mortar stores were added, consumers made more frequent purchases overall....

Walk Quicker, Live Longer

04/05/2015

Even short walks add up to a lot when repeated many times over the course of a week....

Tackling Obeersity : Calorie Labels on Booze

03/05/2015

Most were completely unaware that alcohol contributed to the total calories that they consumed....

Transforming the Office with Liquid Crystal Smart Windows

02/05/2015

A novel liquid crystal technology allows displays to flip between transparent and opaque states ...

The Peas Are Nice, Dear. Ageing Insects

01/05/2015

As insects grow old their behaviour becomes increasingly predictable...

In Denial? Flour Beetles in a Harsh World

30/04/2015

Flour beetles exhibit a highly tactile form of courtship in which the male mounts the female and stimulates her...

Child Safety? There’s an App for That

29/04/2015

Health professionals can and should unite with industry to optimize children's already frequent use of mobile devices to help promote their health and well-being...

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