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In With a Bad Crowd? Long Term Effects of Your Child’s Social Network

04/05/2016

A 28-year study reveals that the social relationships nurtured in childhood may have physiological consequences...

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Melty Yum. The Chemistry of a Low Fat Chocolate that Might Actually Taste Good

03/05/2016

Clever boffins work on ways to make low fat chocolate taste less like Babybel rind...

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Traction Alopecia – Is Your Scrunchie Turning You Bald?

01/05/2016

Updos, Weaves, Braids. The styles that strain, and how to manage them...

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Boss

Be Nice to Ex-Employees, You’ll meet them again on your long trek back to the middle….

30/04/2016

Bosses should maintain goodwill when saying goodbye to ex-employees ...

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Tripped into the Door? Psychedelic Drugs May Reduce Domestic Violence

28/04/2016

Study finds psychedelic drugs may reduce domestic violence ...

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Are You Gettin’ It? The Effects of Frequent Sex (with your partner) on Relationships

27/04/2016

Does frequent sex lead to better relationships? Depends on how you ask ...

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Born that Way? What Science Actually Knows about Sexual Orientation

26/04/2016

Association for Psychological Science shares what scientists know -- and don't know -- about sexual orientation ...

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Amazon River Plume

Amazon River Plume points to new Reef Discovery

25/04/2016

Scientists discover new reef system at mouth of Amazon River ...

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The Bubble Nebula

The Beauty of the Bubble Nebula – New Hubble Images

24/04/2016

On it's 26th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope relays back images of the spectacular Bubble Nebula...

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No More Fossil Fuels by 2026!? Diesel Never Happen

23/04/2016

Fossil fuels could be phased out worldwide in a decade, says new study ...

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farming

Plants Eat Carbon Dioxide – So Could More CO2 Fix Climate Change?

21/04/2016

Is climate change a self-healing wound? Choosing crops for carbon dioxide reduction...

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Is Risky Behaviour in the Head or the Heart? Research Suggests Both

19/04/2016

Fewer romantic prospects may lead to riskier investments ...

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E-skin

Got the time on yer, cock? Digital e-Skin display Developed

18/04/2016

Ultrathin organic material enhances e-skin display ...

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Searching out the Most Taboo Taboo. Any Guesses?

17/04/2016

UC Santa Barbara sociologist explores 'the hidden literature of shame'...

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rock art

Baby, I’m a One-Hominid Hominid. Early Humans Preferred Monogamy

16/04/2016

Peer pressures and fear of sexually transmitted infections may have turned early humans into monogamists ...

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Exoplanet search

Yes, But Will There be Broadband? New Advances Improve Exoplanet Search

15/04/2016

New tool refines exoplanet search ...

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Pin it, ‘Gram it, Tweet it. The Social Media Method for Predicting Gentrification

14/04/2016

Social media research methods could predict the influx of affluent newcomers to otherwise deprived areas...

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Can We Trust Autonomous Cars Yet?

13/04/2016

To figure out if autonomous cars are safe, alternative testing methods are needed, RAND report finds....

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Elastic Bandage and Titanium Screws: Counting the Cost of Skateboard Injuries

12/04/2016

Study finds skateboarding sent about 176 youths to US Emergency departments every day ...

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What You Need to Survive Cancer (or at least shift the odds in your favour)

11/04/2016

How marriage, race and ethnicity and birthplace affect cancer survival ...

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Like Drugs? Like Booze? You May Have a Heightened Suicide Risk

10/04/2016

Simultaneous cocaine and alcohol use linked to heightened suicide risk ...

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Hoops or Alphabetti? Tracing the evolutionary history of wheat, for better pasta

09/04/2016

Wild and landrace varieties along with genetic diversity are the keys to improving wheat's nutritional value...

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What Colour are Action Man’s Pants? If You Know, You’ll Probably Want One of These

07/04/2016

Touching this robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans ...

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Forget Lipstick on the Collar, Viral Tracking Reveals Exactly Where You’ve Been

05/04/2016

Your viruses could reveal your travel history, and more ...

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Nepali Mask

Do You Have a Postcode for that, Sir? Archaeologists Discover Outer Reaches of the Silk Road

04/04/2016

Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously thought ...

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Can Email Responses Predict You’re Personality? You Bet.

03/04/2016

Personality influences how one reacts to email errors ...

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mind-wandering, daydream

Creative Mind-Wandering or Disastrous Zone-Out, Which do You Do?

02/04/2016

Whether your mind-wandering is intentional or accidental makes a difference to how useful it is...

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What’s the Point of Men? The Twofold Cost of Sex

01/04/2016

The existence of males is of enormous cost to a species, so why does nature tolerate them?...

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earthquake

No Fracking Wonder. Earthquakes linked to Hydraulic Fracturing

31/03/2016

Fracking - not wastewater disposal - linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada ...

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No Nookie for the Picky: How Sexual Perfectionism Puts Women Off

30/03/2016

When women feel their partner demands perfection, sex life suffers ...

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