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Why people get more stupid in a crovd?
28/01/2016 - 16:29
When we get the hang of it, he throws out his first test question: “Have you ever cheated on a test?” The ‘nos’ move their dots to the left... →
What will it take for humans to colonize the Milky Way?
22/01/2016 - 18:41
On the other hand it would have to be small enough to accelerate to a fairly high speed, to shorten the voyagers’ time of exposure to... →
How will future archaeologists study us?
17/01/2016 - 17:40
Given that so much of our culture is now predominantly digital, then, how will it last through the centuries? How will all the information... →
How do you prepare for the isolation of space?
12/01/2016 - 18:56
“It’s really sensory deprivation,” says Pattyn. “You have no variation in the outer landscape but also in your social landscape – in winter... →
Altruism reduces stress
08/01/2016 - 14:59
Ansell and Co. gave participants a smartphone app that prompted them to record stressful experiences and small acts of kindness, like... →
Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds'
03/01/2016 - 16:31
Earth-sized world Since surface gravity depends on the star's mass and radius, the method should also help astronomers work out the masses... →
A blueprint of the emerging mind
30/12/2015 - 13:55
How do we make this astonishing journey? Until recently, neuroscientists were in the dark about this ‘first age of the brain’. But the... →
One third of Israeli children live in poverty
25/12/2015 - 18:23
According to the report, the number of families living in poverty rose from 18.6% in 2013 to 18.8% in 2014. Poverty among residents also... →
How much TV you watch as a young adult may affect midlife cognitive function
21/12/2015 - 14:35
Participants with high television viewing (more than three hours per day for more than two-thirds of the visits) during 25 years were more... →
Tendency to exaggerate results in science papers
16/12/2015 - 14:19
Psychiatrist Christiaan Vinkers and his colleagues searched papers on PubMed for 25 'positive' words and 25 'negative' words (which the... →
Improve your memory in 40 seconds
12/12/2015 - 13:51
It turned out that simply describing the event to themselves massively improved their chances of remembering it accurately a week or so... →
The Surprising Benefits of Sarcasm
06/12/2015 - 16:30
Sarcasm involves constructing or exposing contradictions between intended meanings. The most common form of verbal irony, sarcasm is often... →

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