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A picture of a thermionic generator by J.Mannhart/MPG.de

Thermionic Generators, Frictionless Energy

05/12/2013

Thermionic generators use the temperature difference between a hot and a cold metallic plate to create electricity....

Facebook Makes Girls Feel Fat

04/12/2013

"Appearance exposure" on the Internet has been linked to body image disturbance among adolescent girls....

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Shake it or lob it? The Caxirola

02/12/2013

For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, organizers have introduced the maraca-like caxirola as the official instrument of the event. ...

Sexual Frustration = Early Death

01/12/2013

'Expecting sex without any sexual reward was detrimental to their health and cut their lives short.' At least they don't get into fights....

Marriage? Trust Your Gut (Not Tinder)

30/11/2013

"If they can sense that their gut is telling them that there is a problem, then they might benefit from exploring that, maybe even with a professional marriage counselor."...

Killer Australian Beaches. Not in a Good Way.

29/11/2013

Rip currents claim more lives in Australia on average each year than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined. But probably fewer than funnelwebs, crocs, snakes r disgruntled 'Bra Boys....

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Spindoctors. The Hypnosis of Whirling Dervishes

27/11/2013

'it was the presence of a Coriolis force that was essential in the formation of the different patterns'...

Sport Will Kill Ya

24/11/2013

Too much weekly sport seems to be as bad as too little for teen wellbeing....

A pictue of hedgewars by Aalto University

Gaming makes you samey.

23/11/2013

'the more competitive the gaming gets, the more in sync are the emotional responses of the players'. Computer game research suggests gameplayers become more like each other....

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No Collective Mission. Why Occupy Struggled?

22/11/2013

An overestimation of the group's collective identity may be why Occupy Wall Street struggled...

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Substances, Condoms and Women don’t get on.

20/11/2013

'when a woman has been dating a romantic partner for three months or more, marijuana use may increase the risk of unprotected sex'...

Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

18/11/2013

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

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Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship

18/11/2013

'a pop infused dance-hall groove in a hard rock framework' Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship ...

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One (Injured) Man and his Nail Gun

17/11/2013

Young males in the work environment are at greatest risk of sustaining a nail gun injury to their non-dominant hand...

The Cashflow of Cosyness

16/11/2013

By making people feel at home in a commercial space, marketers can turn their own clients into salespeople...

Manraze Release EP

14/11/2013

Manraze release their EP: I Surrender...

Flunking Sleepy Teenagers

13/11/2013

Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run. News item...

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Bat Splat. Wind Turbines Meet Flying Mammals

12/11/2013

A new estimate of bat deaths caused by wind turbines...

A picture of water flow by BYU/Chris Mabey, Randy Hurd and Tadd Truscott

Splashback : The Physics of Urination

10/11/2013

Randy Hurd of Brigham Young University hopes to eventually create an optimization function to find the ideal approach for urinal usage. ...

A picture of an empty London street by Carl Byron Batson

A Stab in the Dark : Mugger Patterns

09/11/2013

The first study to look at the hourly pattern of street robbery in London found a 160% rise in the rate of muggings during the hours of darkness in the capital...

Monkey Mindgames : The Brain-Machine Interface

08/11/2013

In a study led by Duke researchers, monkeys have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity....

A picture of a happy couple by Carl Byron Batson

When Arguing : Wives Matter More

06/11/2013

When it comes to keeping the peace, it's more important for wives – than for husbands – to calm down after a heated argument...

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Dustbowl II : Our Dying Soil

05/11/2013

Cultivating soil continuously for too long destroys the bacteria which convert the organic matter into nutrients...

Why Computers Can’t Tell Jokes

04/11/2013

Unlike digital computers, which are designed to follow rules, the computations performed by the neural networks that make up our brain are inherently context dependent...

A picture of a man and a lightbulb by Michagan State University

Measuring Creativity

03/11/2013

A team of researchers led by a Michigan State University neuroscientist has created a quick but reliable test that can measure a person's creativity from single spoken words....

Hello Girls! Women Gawp at Cleavage Too

02/11/2013

Though the men in the study exhibited such visual behavior consistently, the researchers found that women's eye patterns actually were similar to men's. ...

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BaccaRAT? Scientists Create Casino For Rodents

31/10/2013

For the study, rats gambled for sugar pellets using a slot machine-style device that featured three flashing lights and two levers they could push with their paws. ...