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Feeling Invisible… Deliberately. Weird Science Simulation

25/04/2015

The feeling of invisibility changes our physical stress response in challenging social situations...

10x the Speed! Boosting Wifi with Photodiodes

22/04/2015

The system can potentially send data at up to 100 megabits per second....

Only a Few? Smoking and Denial

21/04/2015

It seems that people are aware about the dangers of tobacco for health, but might consider that the risks are not for themselves, but only for other people....

The Sweat Smell of Success

19/04/2015

In a way, happiness sweat is somewhat like smiling - it is infectious....

Then bury your head in it…. Nuclear Waste Disposal

17/04/2015

Deep borehole disposal has been developed primarily in the UK but is likely to see its first field trials in the USA next year. ...

Can You Catch Norovirus from Your Dog? Maybe.

14/04/2015

It is not clear just how much of a problem canine infection and transmission may represent for humans...

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky. Why kids don’t snog

12/04/2015

A hardwired signal in the brain accounts for young children’s temporary aversion to bestowing physical affection on the opposite sex. It takes at least a decade of marriage to make the...

That serotonin high is a gut feeling

11/04/2015

It is estimated that 90 percent of the body's serotonin is made in the digestive tract....

How cigarette smoking superbugs get even more super

04/04/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”N/dropcapicotine-addled MRSA superbugs get even badder-assed when they are exposed to cigarette smoke. It figures. Work starts on the...

Music, motor function, learning and memory

30/03/2015

Playing music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission, motor function, learning and memory....

Giving Drones Morphable Wings

29/03/2015

This finding will greatly help make flapping winged drones much more robust....

Opting out of the attention economy.

27/03/2015

Firms will realize substantially greater success if they use moderately energetic commercials rather than highly energetic ones...

Defining ‘Natural’. Why ALL food additives need standards.

26/03/2015

After decades of debate there remains no generally accepted definition of a "natural" food product....

Opossum in your Snakebite, Sir?

24/03/2015

The antivenom would probably work against venoms from poisonous snakes, as well as against scorpion, plant and bacterial toxins...

Natural Nettles Give Cancer the Sting.

23/03/2015

A highly effective way of defeating cancerous cells...

All about that Vertebral Wedging

21/03/2015

Men prefer women who exhibit specific angles of spinal curvature over buttock mass...

Bicarbo-load for Better Vision

19/03/2015

By opposing the effect of light, bicarbonate limits the size of the photon response and quickens its recovery...

Schizophrenic? Check your fingers, chaps.

18/03/2015

Asymmetry has a potential utility as a diagnostic test in determining the presence of schizophrenia...

Breaking the Galactic Speed Record

11/03/2015

The white dwarf is thought to have turned into a 'thermonuclear supernovae' and exploded...

A world of new beers! Raise a glass to the Finns

09/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcapelsinki. Lakes. Rally drivers. Awkward silences. Prolonged awkward silences. That’s all we knew about Finland. But now...

Wipe Your Pants Down, this is gonna get sticky

08/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphink of the applications! A paint that makes the coated object self-cleaning. Pure sci-fi. Wonder if you slopped it onto a vinyl if...

Gimmie Some Space! Tracking Pedestrian Movement

06/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”D/dropcapid we need a research project measuring a general law of how pedestrians interact? Surely the simple law is : extremely slowly,...

Avoiding the Zombie Apocalypse : Where to Hold Out

05/03/2015

Zombie apocalypse. Yawn. Frankly, if the droning emo stumblemonkeys can detect brain activity on a turgid March Tuesday such as this one, they’ve earned it. Tuck in. A team of Cornell...

Quantifying how much urban travel is based on social activity

01/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”O/dropcaput. There. With the germs and the filth and the encrusted detritus of human interaction and People Who Hug. Massachusetts Institute...

Fortune favours…. Why Thinking of God Increases Bravery

27/02/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”F/dropcap or England, Harry, and Saint George…. Oh, and God. Sorry. Forgot. Oops. Reminders of God can make people more likely to seek...

Coffee Physics: Why Lattes Spill More than Americanos

26/02/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcap coating of froth dampens wave motion in liquids. Surfers knew that already – everyone wants a nice clean wave. However, more...