Tag: research

Authenticity and the Expressive Fallacy

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. ...

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

11/04/2018

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

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sleep, thrive

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 ...

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lose weight

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

04/01/2018

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

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hot tea

Hot Tea Prevents Glaucoma

18/12/2017

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

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good decisions

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

12/12/2017

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

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

06/12/2017

Researchers generate electricity from low-cost biomaterial ...

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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...

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

04/12/2017

What gives poetry its aesthetic appeal? ...

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soft robots

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

30/11/2017

Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers ...

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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 ...

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self-esteem

Count Yourself Confident! Self-Esteem in Numbers

13/11/2017

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

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Cannabis seedling

Smoke Weed, Get More Action. The Science

27/10/2017

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

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mandala, psychedelic drugs

Psychedelic Drugs: Could they Actually LOWER Crime?

26/10/2017

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

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new ichthyosaur species

Who Left the Ichthyosaur in The Storeroom Again?

14/10/2017

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

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cardiac health

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 ...

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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 ...

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cannabis and kidney function

Kidney Stoned? Does Cannabis Affect Kidney Function?

28/08/2017

Study examines whether marijuana affects kidney function ...

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

09/08/2017

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

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funniest words

Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

03/08/2017

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

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decisions

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 ...

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effects of money on thinking

How Does Money Affect Thought?

11/07/2017

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

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manipulate mosquitoes

When the Whine… Stops. How to Manipulate Mosquitoes

19/06/2017

Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes ...

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Neanderthal speartip

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

15/06/2017

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

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genome data

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...

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wheat

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

18/05/2017

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

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drunk personality

What’s Your Drunk Personality?

16/05/2017

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

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smile, laughter lines, old man

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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