Research

21/02/2018 - 15:36

It has long been known that these folds and wrinkles are meant to enable the brain to be compressed into the space of a skull, and that... →

16/02/2018 - 15:21

There are two premises that lead Cerf to believe personal company is the most important factor for long-term satisfaction. The first is... →

11/02/2018 - 13:21

In the 19th and 20th centuries, scholars largely abandoned these supernatural ideas. Prominent figures such as Sigmund Freud... →

06/02/2018 - 12:37

We are therefore easily able to put ourselves in Offred’s shoes and feel empathy towards her. It taps into our very human capacity to share... →

01/02/2018 - 16:56

Cybersecurity is one of the defining challenges of the digital age. Everyone, from households to businesses to governments, has a stake in... →

27/01/2018 - 20:44

Population - This year, the number of ultra-Orthodox Israelis rose above one million for the first time, and they now consist 12% of... →

22/01/2018 - 14:33

Humans are slowly returning to the wildness around the power plant. A government workforce, large enough to carefully manage radiation... →

18/01/2018 - 14:13

Benefits of Writing For Your Brain and Body Expressive writing has been linked with psychological benefits, such as improved mood,... →

12/01/2018 - 12:47

Most everyone knows that women, on average, live longer than men. But nobody knows why. Some have suggested it is because men behave... →

07/01/2018 - 15:08

Social motivation is an idea that has been around for a very long time, but I’ve become particularly interested in it recently, because a... →

02/01/2018 - 16:13

After years of post-crisis despair, the broad consensus of forecasters is now quite upbeat about prospects for the global economy in 2018.... →

29/12/2017 - 17:23

That includes the man who most recently popularized the idea, psychologist Steven Pinker of Harvard University, who calls the new findings... →

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