Tag: research

Blame it on Sleep Drunkenness

Sleep drunkenness disorder involves confusion or inappropriate behavior...

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Workplace Misery is a Good Thing

Positive and negative dynamics affect the working environment....

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For Women, Love Makes Sex Better

Love and commitment can make sex physically more satisfying for many women...

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Aussies Develop Tractor Beam

ANU team develops simple wave generators, enabling them to move floating objects at will...

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Caffeine Reduces TInnitus

Incidence of reported tinnitus was 15 percent lower among those women who consumed 450 to 599 mg/day of caffeine....

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Aggression, not Depression, Fuels Drunken Yobbery

Aggressive behavior increases adolescent drinking, depression doesn't...

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Dignity of Work Remains, Even When Unpaid

Analysis shows that welfare-to-work schemes indeed increase the life satisfaction, happiness and feelings of life worth of the jobless....

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Video Games Make Kids Bad (Again)

Possible effects of violent video games go well beyond violence to apply to substance use, risky driving and risk-taking sexual behavior...

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Atlantic Warming Fuels Pacific Megawinds

The main cause of the Pacific climate trends of the past 20 years had its origin in the Atlantic Ocean...

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Misinformation Diffusing Online

We are increasingly reliant on information we obtain from online sources. However, our implicit faith in the validity of that information can be counterproductive...

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Death of the Sea Hares

Boat noise stops embryonic development and increases larval mortality in sea hares...

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Let the Good News Wait

It is much easier for a good mood to sour than it is to overcome a bad mood...

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Ketamine : A Wonderdrug for ER patients

Many surgeons believe Ketamine is safe and incredibly useful in critically ill patients who require rapid intubation...

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Background TV Bad for Kids

Background television—when the TV is on in a room where a child is doing something other than watching—can divert a child's attention from play and learning. ...

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Teaching Computers Bad Grammar

Developing grammar-correcting software that could be tailored to a user's specific linguistic background....

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Being Danish Makes You Happy

Genetics could be the key to explaining Denmark's levels of happiness, according to research from the University of Warwick...

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Eye Movements Reveal Love or Lust

Where your date looks at you could indicate whether love or lust is in the cards....

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Chill Your Way to Social Success

Why exercising and relaxation techniques have been successful in treating and mood and anxiety disorders...

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New Light on Dinosaur Extinction

A long-standing debate about the source of the asteroid that impacted the Earth and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs has been put to rest...

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Interruptions and Workflow

Interruption can cause a noticeable decrement in the quality of work...

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Boron Buckyballs Born!

The first time that a boron cage has been observed experimentally. ...

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Bigger Health Warnings Bring Better Results

Cigarette warning labels can influence a smoker to try to quit even when the smoker is trying to avoid seeing the labels...

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Pain Eraser : I’ll Take Two!

Canadian scientists make a breakthrough in pain relief treatments. Using chili and mice....

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Left-Handers Mostly Born in Winter

On a monthly average, 8.2 percent of left-handed men were born during the period February to October. During November to January, this number rose to 10.5 percent...

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Ecstasy Implicated in Spinal Aneurism

Ecstasy could make any pre-existing aneurysms or other arterial abnormalities prone to rupture. Report...

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Kangaroos and their Fifth Leg

Unusual gaits by unusual animals, such as pentapedal walking by kangaroos, provide insight into the breadth of solutions available to the same biomechanical problem...

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Congratulations! (If you made it to 30)

More Americans between the ages of one and 30 die from injury than from any other cause...

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Do Your Own Damned Marketing!

Users of social media websites are less likely to use them to say positive things about their favourite products and services...

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Practise (Not Parentage) Makes Musicians

Genetics and environment work together to help people become accomplished musicians...

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Watching TV Shortens Lifespan

As the population ages, sedentary behaviors will become more prevalent, especially watching television, causing additional health problems related to aging....

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