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Where are all the Penguins?

28/06/2014

Satellite imaging is being increasingly recognized as a valuable method for remote animal population monitoring...

Cheer Up, or Just Shut Up?

26/06/2014

People with low self-esteem want their loved ones to see them as they see themselves. As such, they are often resistant to their friends' reminders of how positively they see them....

Unlucky or Just Lazy?

25/06/2014

The way they label people on welfare – by calling them 'lazy' or 'unlucky', for instance – can easily have a big impact on people's attitudes to people on welfare...

Thinness and the Mediterranean Diet

24/06/2014

Children with a high adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet were 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than low-adherent children...

Sunshine is Addictive

23/06/2014

There is real health value in avoiding sunlight as a source of vitamin D. Boo!...

Mixed Race Couples Spread the Love

22/06/2014

Couples that interacted with couples of another race showed a greater positive attitude toward the other group. News...

Sobering Thoughts and the 100 Yard Stare

19/06/2014

Soldiers who kill in combat are less likely to abuse alcohol post-deployment...

Peer Pressure and the Cool Kids

18/06/2014

Seeking popularity and attention by trying to act older than one's age may not yield the expected benefits. ...

Gore Grabs Attention, Generally

17/06/2014

People exposed to core disgusts (blood, guts, body products) showed higher levels of attention the more disgusting the content grew...

Smartphones Cause AIDS!

16/06/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapell, who’da thunk it? ‘Smartphone apps carry higher infection risk than online dating sites or clubs’. Even those...

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Fatherhood and the Work/Life Balance

15/06/2014

There is no "one size fits all" image of how men view their role as fathers within the context of the workplace...

Buy Before You Die

14/06/2014

Marketing's cringiest ebb to date: 'some people might want to spend more and work less – just in case their time runs out'...

The Lost Art of Angkor Wat

08/06/2014

Long-lost paintings have been discovered on the walls of Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat temple...

Fat’s ‘Off’ Switch Found

07/06/2014

Scientists this week reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat...

The Fight of the Bumblebee

05/06/2014

Bees are essential to our food chain and the populations of our native bumblebees have declined in recent decades...

How to erase a memory – and restore it

02/06/2014

'We can form a memory, erase that memory and we can reactivate it, at will'. UCSD scientists get god-like....

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Smell Good. Look Good.

01/06/2014

Across the range of odors, odor pleasantness directly influenced ratings of facial attractiveness. ...

Loitered Lens : Arena

01/06/2014

Arena’s brand of heavy neo-prog is as cheesy as hell. But they do the whole thing so well it just doesn’t matter...

Kids : Let ’em walk

27/05/2014

The journey between school and home provides an ideal opportunity for physical activity but it is by no means always taken....

Pregnant and Slave to the Vibe

25/05/2014

Music appears to have an especially strong influence on pregnant women, a fact that may relate to a prenatal conditioning of the fetus to music....

Screentime Makes Kids Sick

23/05/2014

Regular exercise and avoiding excessive use of electronic media constitute efficient means of preventing type 2 diabetes and vascular diseases...

Health News : Don’t Drink Wee

20/05/2014

Bacteria live in the bladders of healthy women, discrediting the common belief that normal urine is sterile. ...

Tech News: Don’t Eat Magnets

19/05/2014

This study shows a significant increase in the rate of multiple magnet-related injuries between 2002 and 2012...

NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Jupiter’s Shrinking Red Spot

18/05/2014

Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. ...

Ice Hockey : Burn Out By 30

17/05/2014

Study identifies when the clock runs out on an NHL player's peak performance...

A picture of Centralia by Travis Goodspeed

Fracking : More Bad News

16/05/2014

'We have to get a handle on methane, or increasingly risk global catastrophe' : Cornell University report on Fracking...

Millenials Can See Through Twitter’s BS

15/05/2014

First-of-its-kind study indicates young adults have a healthy mistrust of the information on Twitter...

Forgive and Forget

14/05/2014

While true forgiveness may be difficult to accomplish, the findings suggest that once the transgression has been forgiven forgetting may become easier as a result...

Lunatics/Asylum : Companies Valued by Media Buzz

13/05/2014

Companies can significantly improve the forecasting accuracy of forthcoming products' performance by mining online consumer buzz prior to product release...