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Episodic or Semantic: What’s Your Memory Type?

14/12/2015

New research shows that the tendency to remember episodic details versus facts is reflected in intrinsic brain patterns...

A more chaotic brain state: New Data on How LSD Works

13/12/2015

LSD changes consciousness by reorganizing human brain networks ...

Tuck In! Do Plus-Sized Models Promote Obesity?

12/12/2015

Plus-sized models in advertising linked to rising obesity rates: Study ...

We Shall Overmeme: Why Slacktivists Make a Difference

11/12/2015

A new study of Twitter use during social protests finds that a critical periphery of 'slacktivists' greatly amplify a movement's message...

Thanks! The Proven Way to Get The Right Kind of Attention

10/12/2015

Pay it forward: Small favors can yield large returns, study finds...

Will Work For Pies: Providing Food Makes Better Workers

09/12/2015

Breaking bread with colleagues boosts productivity. The benefits of providing food at work...

Does Texter’s Thumb Count? Worldwide Injuries Plummet in the Internet Era

08/12/2015

Global toll of injuries down by almost a third since 1990 ...

SPARTAAAAAA!! What Viewing Violent Media does to Your Aggression Levels

07/12/2015

Exposure to violence makes you more likely to lie, cheat ...

Four Ways Your Apps are Snooping on You

06/12/2015

UC Riverside study shows popular apps interact with risky websites...

Heads Up! Ways to Recognise Phonebies and Digital Deadwalkers

05/12/2015

Distracted Walking: a Serious Issue for You, not Me...

Laugh at the Mosquitos: Eradicate Itching, Forever!

03/12/2015

Researchers evaluate transcranial direct current stimulation to eradicate itching...

Your Magneto-Jet Awaits, Sir. Powerful magnetic fields in Nature

02/12/2015

Simulation shows key to building powerful magnetic fields ...

Brain Strain: What You Don’t Want to Know (But Need To) About Cannabis

01/12/2015

Study shows white matter damage caused by 'skunk-like' cannabis ...

All in the Pipes: Birds sing the same way we do

30/11/2015

The very same physical mechanisms are at play when a bird sings and a human speaks....

Seismic Surveys Stop Sea Turtles Shagging

29/11/2015

Marine airgun noise could cause turtle trauma ...

How Did You Expect to Die, and Did it Involve a Floating Hoover? (Row-Bot)

26/11/2015

Academics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. ...

Finding Your Happy Place (with MRI): the Neural Structures of Happiness

25/11/2015

Kyoto University researchers narrow in on the neural structures behind happiness...

Republic of London? Cities Outperform Countries

23/11/2015

The economic significance of cities increases while that of countries falls ...

THC, Or Not THC? How Danes Grow Stronger Cannabis

22/11/2015

The concentration of the euphoriant THC in cannabis has tripled in the space of 20 years...

Reduce Racism with this Seven Minute Miracle

21/11/2015

Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice, study finds ...

You Thought You Were Anonymous?! What Your Video Gaming Reveals

20/11/2015

Video games can provide a wealth of useful population-level information on developmental, cognitive and psychological processes....

Higher Crop Yields: The Famine-Busting Breakthrough You’ve Never Heard Of

19/11/2015

High yield crops a step closer in light of photosynthesis discovery ...

Raining Blood: The Simple Explanation THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE!

15/11/2015

Biological science does have an explanation for blood rain, but it's not as good as the eery ones we can imagine....

Looking for Habitable Exoplanets? Search for the Pale Orange Dot

14/11/2015

Early Earth's haze may give clue to habitability elsewhere in space ...

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife Lately? Lower Testosterone, and Relationships

13/11/2015

Emotionally supportive relationships linked to lower testosterone ...

But does it WORK? The Power of Magical Thinking

12/11/2015

Even smart, educated, emotionally stable adults believe in superstitions that they recognize are unreasonable....

Spurn Kinky Milk Goods, Vanilla Yoghurt Makes You Happy. Fact!

11/11/2015

Vanilla yogurt makes us feel happy, suggests research ...

Slurp, Sniff, Hack, Heal. Have You Told Your Mucus You Love It?

10/11/2015

Mucus. Snot as bad as it seems. Keeping us safe and germ-free, one green bogey at a time....

Ignore the Tube-Bogies: Public Transport is Good for Your Health

09/11/2015

Taking public transportation instead of driving linked with better health ...

Not So Dumb-o. Leafblower Elephants Get the Goodies

08/11/2015

Elephants may use trunks like 'leaf blowers' to obtain inaccessible food ...

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