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What is Authenticity After The Expressive Fallacy?

03/09/2019

'The Expressive Fallacy' is an article from 1983 which still reverberates through the art world. ...

Why Do We Have Eyebrows? Finally We Have an Evolutionary Explanation

11/04/2018

Why expressive brows might have mattered in human evolution...

Anxiety, Depression, Sleep: A Lethal Cocktail if the Proportions are Wrong

05/01/2018

People who sleep less than 8 hours a night more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety ...

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

04/01/2018

New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats ...

Hot Tea Prevents Glaucoma

18/12/2017

Drinking hot tea every day linked to lower glaucoma risk ...

Intense Self-Questioning or Going With Gut Feeling – What Makes Good Decisions?

12/12/2017

A good decision is not made in one go ...

Glycine: Cheap, Readily Available Energy. But From Where?

06/12/2017

Researchers generate electricity from low-cost biomaterial ...

What’s For Afterbirth? The Benefits, or Not, of Placenta Consumption

05/12/2017

Research finds that consuming placentas has little to no effect on postpartum mood and maternal bonding...

Adam, ‘Ad ‘Em: Science Asks What Makes Poetry Work

04/12/2017

What gives poetry its aesthetic appeal? ...

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

30/11/2017

Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers ...

Alchemical Ponderings – Where Exactly Does Gold Come From?

22/11/2017

An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold ...

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The Flip Side: Are Blue Whales Left or Right ‘Handed’?

21/11/2017

Scientists discover most blue whales are 'right-handed' - except when they swim upward ...

Count Yourself Confident! Self-Esteem in Numbers

13/11/2017

Discovered: The equation that can map self esteem in the brain...

Smoke Weed, Get More Action. The Science

27/10/2017

Regular marijuana use linked to more sex, Stanford study finds ...

Psychedelic Drugs: Could they Actually LOWER Crime?

26/10/2017

New study suggests psychedelic drugs may reduce criminal behavior ...

Who Left the Ichthyosaur in The Storeroom Again?

14/10/2017

New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom ...

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart: The Cardiac Effects of Marriage Breakdown

11/10/2017

Risk factors for heart health linked to marital ups and downs - at least for men ...

If You Like it (Intact) Better Put a Ring on It: Frailty and Older Men

11/09/2017

Frailty and older men: Study identifies factors that speed/slow progression ...

Kidney Stoned? Does Cannabis Affect Kidney Function?

28/08/2017

Study examines whether marijuana affects kidney function ...

Universal Suffrage (Except for Thickies): Higher Education and Voting

09/08/2017

Greater access to higher education could have reversed EU referendum result ...

Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

03/08/2017

Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter among the words which make us laugh most ...

How Intuitive Are You? (Whatever You Answered, You’re Probably Wrong)

01/08/2017

People find it difficult to judge how good their intuitions are ...

How Does Money Affect Thought?

11/07/2017

Systematic research investigates effects of money on thinking, behavior ...

When the Whine… Stops. How to Manipulate Mosquitoes

19/06/2017

Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes ...

Oi, Hairy! New Findings on the Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens Transition

15/06/2017

Study sheds light on Neanderthal-Homo sapiens transition ...

By the Breath of Horus! Genome Data from Egyptian Mummies

01/06/2017

Study finds that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations from the Near East...

Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers. The Question isn’t When, It’s WHY?

18/05/2017

Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? ...

What’s Your Drunk Personality?

16/05/2017

Your personality may change when you drink, but less than you think ...

Smile if You Want to Look Older (But Less Fun)

10/05/2017

Smile and the world thinks you're older: Study ...

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Frog Slime: The Cure for the Common Cold… Almost

20/04/2017

Frog slime kills flu virus ...

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What is Authenticity After The Expressive Fallacy?

Why Do We Have Eyebrows? Finally We Have an Evolutionary Explanation

Anxiety, Depression, Sleep: A Lethal Cocktail if the Proportions are Wrong

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

Hot Tea Prevents Glaucoma

Intense Self-Questioning or Going With Gut Feeling – What Makes Good Decisions?

Glycine: Cheap, Readily Available Energy. But From Where?

What’s For Afterbirth? The Benefits, or Not, of Placenta Consumption

Adam, ‘Ad ‘Em: Science Asks What Makes Poetry Work

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

Alchemical Ponderings – Where Exactly Does Gold Come From?

The Flip Side: Are Blue Whales Left or Right ‘Handed’?

Count Yourself Confident! Self-Esteem in Numbers

Smoke Weed, Get More Action. The Science

Psychedelic Drugs: Could they Actually LOWER Crime?

Who Left the Ichthyosaur in The Storeroom Again?

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart: The Cardiac Effects of Marriage Breakdown

If You Like it (Intact) Better Put a Ring on It: Frailty and Older Men

Kidney Stoned? Does Cannabis Affect Kidney Function?

Universal Suffrage (Except for Thickies): Higher Education and Voting

Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

How Intuitive Are You? (Whatever You Answered, You’re Probably Wrong)

How Does Money Affect Thought?

When the Whine… Stops. How to Manipulate Mosquitoes

Oi, Hairy! New Findings on the Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens Transition

By the Breath of Horus! Genome Data from Egyptian Mummies

Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers. The Question isn’t When, It’s WHY?

What’s Your Drunk Personality?

Smile if You Want to Look Older (But Less Fun)

Frog Slime: The Cure for the Common Cold… Almost

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