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Can You Smell What it Looks Like? How Visuals Disrupt Memory

30/08/2016

A visual nudge can disrupt recall of what things look like ...

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The Key to Circadian Sunflower Salutations

29/08/2016

Plant biologists discover how sunflowers use internal circadian timing to follow the sun...

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Sunshine for a Rainy Day: Storing Solar Energy

28/08/2016

An effective and low-cost solution for storing solar energy ...

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Cannabis and Vision Improvement

27/08/2016

Researchers find new role for cannabinoids in vision ...

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Sub Saharan Sexual Satisfaction Shocker

26/08/2016

Sub-Saharan Africans satisfied with their sex lives; 18 percent rate them a perfect 10 ...

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Like Pornography? Love Divorce? It’s Your lucky Day!

25/08/2016

Beginning pornography use associated with increase in probability of divorce ...

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Friends or Family: One of them Lengthens Your Life. Which?

24/08/2016

Do relationships with family members, or friends, decrease likelihood of death?...

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So Mucho. Breadwinning and Gender – It’s Not What You’d Think

23/08/2016

Being the primary breadwinner is bad for men's psychological well-being and health ...

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Warm or Wet? Where Does Europe’s Eldest Inhabitant Choose?

22/08/2016

Meet Adonis, Europe's oldest known living inhabitant ...

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For Happy Sons, Avoid These Plastics in Pregnancy

21/08/2016

Prenatal Bisphenol A exposure linked to anxiety and depression in boys ...

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Does Your Dog Love You, Or The Treat You’re Holding?

20/08/2016

Study explores canine reward preferences...

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Pimp My Profile: The Unstoppable Rise of Online Prostitution

18/08/2016

Prostitution has gone online - and pimps are thriving ...

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Dark Matter: New Data on The Real Fifth Element

17/08/2016

UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature ...

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Faster Cats, Quicker Smut: Laser Wi-Fi

16/08/2016

White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s...

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Pass the Salt: Global Warming Increases Beachwater Salinity

15/08/2016

Global warming's next surprise: Saltier beaches ...

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What We Just Learned About the Greenland Shark

14/08/2016

The unexpected title holder for the world's longest-living vertebrate...

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Drinking for Two. Does Marriage Increase or Decrease Alcohol Consumption?

13/08/2016

Does marriage affect drinking? A new study provides insights ...

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Asthma Pill Could Replace Inhalers

12/08/2016

Asthma pill could reduce symptoms in severe sufferers ...

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Backslap or Backstab – How Conflict Varies by Gender

11/08/2016

Study shows men follow up conflict with friendly gestures more than women...

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Uncoupled Forever. The Science of Single Life

08/08/2016

Single people have richer social lives, more psychological growth than married people...

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Nibble More Nuts To Reduce Inflammation

06/08/2016

Frequent nut consumption associated with less inflammation ...

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Superefficient Cubic GaN LEDs Get the Green Light

05/08/2016

New method for making green LEDs enhances their efficiency and brightness ...

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Smartphone Exercises to Reduce Stress

04/08/2016

University of Basel researchers develop Smartphone exercises for a better mood...

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Aphex Fin. Zoologists Reveal the Only Other Animal That Can Keep a Beat

03/08/2016

Ronan the sea-lion: Best beat-keeper in the animal kingdom...

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Who Ate All The Pisces? The Benefits of Fish Oil

01/08/2016

Why some fat can help or hinder your diet, and your brain...

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Stretch, Spring…. Soap. The Unexpected Danger of Gymnastics

31/07/2016

Study links gymnastics equipment with exposure to dangerous flame-retardant chemicals ...

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Ketone Drink : (Yet Another) Perfomance Enhancer for Cyclists

30/07/2016

Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism ...

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Can You Die From Watching TV?

28/07/2016

Excessive daily TV watching may increase risk of death ...

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Should You Trust Your Gut Instinct? What Do Psychologists Say?

27/07/2016

Systematic reasoning appears to beat intuition for recognizing emotions in others, study says...

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We Can Think That For You Wholesale: Do Think Tanks Work?

26/07/2016

Do think-tanks matter? A UBC professor says 'think again' ...

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