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How to WIN at Christmas

25/12/2014

Science-approved method for guaranteed wins at the Christmas dinner table....

Firefly lantern by Giorgio Margaritondo and EPFL

Nature’s Fairylight : How Fireflies Glow

24/12/2014

How fireflies glow. The study is the first to ever show the firefly's lantern in such detail. ...

A picture of books by freedigitalphotos.net/Danilo Rizzuti

Humble Pie : The Joy of Humility

23/12/2014

Analysis found two clusters of traits that people use to explain humility, and furthermore, found benefits....

What Makes Us Generous?

22/12/2014

Even infants are sensitive to inequality and toddlers have the ability to act for the benefit of others....

Do Your Teeth Help You Remember?

21/12/2014

The memory and walking speeds of adults who have lost all of their teeth decline more rapidly than in those who still have some of their own teeth...

A picture of a laptop by Vicktor Hanacek

Internet Addiction Afflicts 6%

20/12/2014

The prevalence of Internet addiction varies among regions around the world...

Tanned Pilots : The Secret

19/12/2014

Airline pilots can be exposed to cockpit radiation similar to tanning beds...

dental tools by freedigitalphotos and Gregory Szarkiewicz

Easter Islanders’ Fuzzy Teeth Reveal Moai Mystery

18/12/2014

Hardened plaque from ancient teeth is helping resolve the question of what plant foods Easter Islanders relied on before European contact....

cow and calf by QMULUniversity of Nottingham

Do You Speak Cow?

16/12/2014

Studying the ways cows communicate with their young, carefully examining acoustic indicators of identity and age...

sunburst by freedigitalphotos.net and Stuart Miles

Nuclear Isotopes Show Where The Life Is

15/12/2014

How star dust - the remnants of exploded stars - plays a role in the formation of life-supporting planets...

Happy CEOs Make Bigger Profits

13/12/2014

Managers whose language displays an optimistic state of mind are more likely to have a positive influence on their firm's position in the market. ...

Hovver Bovver

13/12/2014

The first time researchers have directly measured the impact of moving visual patterns on free flight in birds. ...

Office Jerks and their Uses

11/12/2014

People do not need to be jerks to have fresh ideas. However, such an attitude helps when you want to steamroll your ideas so that others will accept them...

Carrot or Stick, Which Works?

08/12/2014

A "first carrot, then stick" policy can drive cooperation toward a specific goal...

How Red Wine Stops Cancer

07/12/2014

By alcohol source, the lowest cancer incidence is in people who drank red wine...

Reduce Stress? Check Your Email…. Less.

06/12/2014

Easing up on email checking can help reduce psychological stress....

Breastfeeding Could Save NHS Millions

05/12/2014

The NHS could save more than £40 million a year by increasing the length of time that mothers breastfeed...

Dislocated Shoulder : What Not To Do

04/12/2014

We do not recommend self-setting of shoulder dislocations...

brain by freedigitalphotos.net and ddpavumba

Too Much Memory : Data and the Ageing Brain

03/12/2014

Older individuals take in more at the same time as the stability of their visual perceptual learning declines....

Milk by freedigitalphotos.net and Danilo Rizzuti

Milk’s Longterm Human Legacy

01/12/2014

The milk of all three major dairy livestock--cattle, sheep and goats--has been consumed by human populations for at least 5,000 years...

Exhuming Vampires in Poland. No, REALLY!

30/11/2014

Potential 'vampires' buried in northwestern Poland with sickles and rocks across their bodies were likely local and not immigrants to the region...

Dogs : They Hear Ya

28/11/2014

Dogs react to both verbal and speaker-related information and that these components appear to be processed in different areas of the dog's brain...

Bigger WiFi, Broader Broadband

27/11/2014

New WLAN networks might reach communication partners at a distance of several kilometers....

stem cells in a mouse nail by Krzysztof Kobielak lab

Fingernails for Stem Cells

26/11/2014

Nails: the right signals or environmental cues could induce nail stem cells to generate additional types of tissue. Report...

airport by www.freedigitalphotos.net and artur84

Blitzing Your Baggage: Terahertz Screening

25/11/2014

Screening devices using terahertz waves could make public spaces more secure than ever. Report...

Is Screenburn Hereditary?

22/11/2014

Screen time of children is significantly associated with parental screen time...

volcano by freedigitalphotos.com and suwatpo

Transatlantic Ash Cloud Chaos Imminent

21/11/2014

Another ash-cloud drama could be imminent, this time with consequences for trans-Atlantic as well as European travel. Report...

Teach Yourself to Hear Purple

20/11/2014

A nine-week training programme sees if adults without synaesthesia can develop the key hallmarks of the condition. Report...

Givin’ it Some Verbal. Office Abuse by Gender

19/11/2014

Among the studies that show significant differences, a majority conclude that men are more at risk (11 studies) than women (5 studies)....

Fighting Obesity with Coffee

18/11/2014

Coffee consumption may lower the risk for chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease...

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