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Megatron or Optimus Prime : Which Leader Are You?

28/04/2015

The Transformers' characters and the stories told in the cartoon are a modern example of traditional folklore as a means of educating individuals about leadership....

Piling it On : Television and Obese Children

27/04/2015

Kindergartners and first-graders who watched as little as one hour of television a day were more likely to be overweight or obese ...

Tinnitus and the Brain 3D Mapped

26/04/2015

Activity directly linked to tinnitus was very extensive, and spanned a large proportion of the brain...

Feeling Invisible… Deliberately. Weird Science Simulation

25/04/2015

The feeling of invisibility changes our physical stress response in challenging social situations...

Presenting the Ping Pong Ourobouros of Singapore

24/04/2015

The white, pearl-like spheres will become luminescent by night, and the sentences will join up to form lines flowing around the circular shape....

Serotonin and Depression : Busting the Myth

23/04/2015

The widely held belief that depression is due to low levels of serotonin in the brain - and that effective treatments raise these levels - is a myth, argues a leading psychiatrist...

10x the Speed! Boosting Wifi with Photodiodes

22/04/2015

The system can potentially send data at up to 100 megabits per second....

Only a Few? Smoking and Denial

21/04/2015

It seems that people are aware about the dangers of tobacco for health, but might consider that the risks are not for themselves, but only for other people....

Cancer-busting broccoli FTW!

20/04/2015

Broccoli sprout extract protects against oral cancer in mice and proved tolerable in a small group of healthy human volunteers...

The Sweat Smell of Success

19/04/2015

In a way, happiness sweat is somewhat like smiling - it is infectious....

Then bury your head in it…. Nuclear Waste Disposal

17/04/2015

Deep borehole disposal has been developed primarily in the UK but is likely to see its first field trials in the USA next year. ...

How to Promote Backyard Bird Diversity

15/04/2015

Neighborhoods most attractive to birds were those in which many yards had fruit or berry-bearing trees and shrubs...

Can You Catch Norovirus from Your Dog? Maybe.

14/04/2015

It is not clear just how much of a problem canine infection and transmission may represent for humans...

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky. Why kids don’t snog

12/04/2015

A hardwired signal in the brain accounts for young children’s temporary aversion to bestowing physical affection on the opposite sex. It takes at least a decade of marriage to make the...

That serotonin high is a gut feeling

11/04/2015

It is estimated that 90 percent of the body's serotonin is made in the digestive tract....

$fracking$

Quakes or cancer : Which Fracking Death Would YOU Prefer?

10/04/2015

'there are a lot of potential ways that fracking may be distributing and spreading radon'...

Too scared to sleep? Nightmares and insomnia – the link

06/04/2015

Depression and insomnia are strongest risk factors for frequent nightmares ...

Hubble looks into the galactic past

05/04/2015

Eight unusual looped structures orbit their host galaxies and glow in a bright and eerie goblin-green hue...

How cigarette smoking superbugs get even more super

04/04/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”N/dropcapicotine-addled MRSA superbugs get even badder-assed when they are exposed to cigarette smoke. It figures. Work starts on the...

Official: Smartphones Make You Stupid(er)

02/04/2015

The cognitive effects of 'being in search mode' on the Internet may be so powerful that people still feel smarter even when their online searches reveal nothing...

Which Way does the Leaf Go? Drawing Apple Logos

31/03/2015

People's memory, even for extremely common objects, is much poorer than they believe it to be....

Music, motor function, learning and memory

30/03/2015

Playing music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission, motor function, learning and memory....

Giving Drones Morphable Wings

29/03/2015

This finding will greatly help make flapping winged drones much more robust....

Dating by Faith – Why?

28/03/2015

People's decision to partner with religious or non-religious individuals can be determined by personality traits that religiosity is believed--rightly or wrongly--to predict...