SONG: One In Ten
SONG: “One In Ten.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread […]
psychology
Mind over Milkshakes
The latest Bottom Line Health newsletter had the skinny on this amazing study on how our bodies react to “low-calorie” packaging. That label leaves you […]
Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.
If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help: We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of […]
Fame more than kindness.
A sad fact from Science Daily – kids’ TV shows are teaching them that it’s better to be famous than it is to be kind: […]
One letter can decide an election.
Getting people to turn out to vote can be a real chore. But, PhysOrg reveals, it gets a little easier if you talk about “voters” […]
Sounds curvy.
The word “bouba” sounds curvier than the word “kiki” no matter what language you’re used to hearing, New Scientist explains. That odd phenomenon unravels the […]
Moved by music
Wired, uh, gets physical (their phrase!) while looking at the way music affects our bodies: Biorhythm: Music and the Body is an exhibition of sonic […]
Fear remembers.
Next time you’re stuck trying to get Boyle’s Law or some cute person’s email into your memory, think of something awful. That’s MSNBC’s solution, based […]
One scary reason why the poor stay poor.
The New Republic looks at the science of choice… and the mental costs of not being able to afford much: In the 1990s, social psychologists […]
Rule #34 – and what it says about us.
Time asks probing questions of the the researchers who studied all the porn on the internet: Why did you decide to analyze online porn searches? […]
SONG: Without the Sun
SONG: “Without the Sun.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on Stress can shorten telomeres in childhood, Nature, 17 May […]
Eyes on the forest and the trees
Medical Xpress examines new ways we can train our minds to use “holistic processing” – that is, we can teach our eyes not to miss […]
Robot buddies.
Science Mag produces proof – actual, empirical proof – that nice guys really can finish first and that even killer robots can learn to care […]
“Cute” don’t pay.
At least not when it comes to dates. Evolutionary Psychology finds that pretty people expect free rides: [St. Andrews psychologists] set up hypothetical blind dates […]
War games.
DVice.com fulfills that long-held suspicion (in some circles) about videogames and military recruiting with a report on new games actually produced by the Pentagon: ACTUV […]