Research

30/12/2012 - 16:25

Dopamine’s dark side Too much dopamine may also cause impulsive behaviors, because this brain chemical is responsible for reward-driven... →

22/12/2012 - 15:57

Officially, said the WMO, the first 10 months of 2012 were the ninth-warmest since records began in the mid-19th century, with early months... →

16/12/2012 - 14:30

The researchers present data showing that viewers in test groups were baffled when shown photographs of people who were undergoing real-... →

08/12/2012 - 19:04

Vow power For those willing to take the plunge, research has long suggested that marriage is a happiness-making, health-promoting... →

01/12/2012 - 13:45

Overall, Israel had 442,200 poor families in 2011 - a total of 1,838,600 people, of whom 860,900 were children. The general poverty rate... →

26/11/2012 - 19:28

Researchers have tracked the diffusion of words like "cool" and "uptight" from black communities to mainstream use in the past. "We have... →

18/11/2012 - 14:54

Counterintuitive findings The National Institutes of Health-funded study was conducted between 2004 and 2007, and collected so much data... →

11/11/2012 - 15:51

1. Artificial pancreas People who have diabetes must check their blood-sugar level every few hours throughout the day and night, to... →

04/11/2012 - 14:22

Evolutionary anthropologist Oskar Burger and his team wanted to study human longevity in an evolutionary context. So they turned to... →

28/10/2012 - 17:22

In constructing a new model for how we think about our own mortality, Vail and colleagues performed an extensive review of recent studies... →

21/10/2012 - 18:04

Now Colombian prosecutors have a new tool to add to their investigation methods: network analysis. This can be an integral part of the... →

14/10/2012 - 18:32

The study was conducted on Israel’s Election Day in 2009 with people who were on their way to vote. They were asked to give a saliva sample... →

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