Research

31/03/2016 - 15:00

Both Eagleman and Naber had their brain activity monitored via an electroencephalogram (EEG). The difference was stark. Eagleman’s brain... →

27/03/2016 - 14:11

When Dan Guralnek immigrated from Australia to Israel in 2012, he did not anticipate becoming involved in an international internet scam. “... →

22/03/2016 - 15:45

Our curses may not even use the same part of the brain the rest of our vocabulary inhabits. Swearing is handled by the brain differently... →

18/03/2016 - 13:42

The origins of chemonoia can be traced to the 1960s, with mounting concerns about the use of pesticides such as DDT. The cheerleader of... →

13/03/2016 - 18:02

One of the difficulties is that it isn’t very easy to define or measure creativity, so researchers often use proxies for it. For example, a... →

09/03/2016 - 15:43

The various Jewish communities in Israel have become so polarized, the report found, that secular Jews would prefer that their child marry... →

06/03/2016 - 15:24

The journey to love as we know it today began with sex, which was one of the first things life on Earth figured out how to do. Sex began as... →

28/02/2016 - 14:32

Before exploring why, however, let’s be more specific about what makes something a sex robot. Technically it could be anything robotic that... →

23/02/2016 - 13:46

Study co-author Stefan Rahmstorf, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said that if seas continued to rise as... →

16/02/2016 - 13:58

Let’s be clear: simulated Mars (or sMars) is technically your world. The six of us landed on the big island of Hawaii in late August 2015.... →

09/02/2016 - 13:45

What frogs do without thinking, human researchers are trying, with a great deal of thinking, to replicate. The prize is not the freezing... →

05/02/2016 - 13:02

Why are young men like this? Part of it seems to depend on testosterone, acting on their brain during early foetal life. Exposure in the... →

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