Bat sex: Dirty enough to make trouble.
New Scientist uncorks a biological scandal involving research into the naughty things bats do after dark: University College Cork in Ireland is coming under international […]
psychology
Aw, the widdew scientist want to tawk aww gwown up!
Yep. Science Daily says it’s a good idea to talk to children using grown-up language: Academic language is characterised by difficult, abstract words and complex […]
Men and women have different nightmares.
PhysOrg divides bad dreams between the sleeping sexes: The study, carried out by Dr Michael Schredl of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, […]
Flu’s in your head.
BBC has an interesting report on the psychological dimensions of flu: While it seems obvious that we feel under-par when we are ill, Dr Harrison […]
Oxytocin and roses….
New Scientist recently got all romantic with an intrepid researcher’s chemical expose of her big fat geek wedding: WE’D booked the venue, chosen the bridesmaids’ […]
Evolution made us conservative, not smart.
LabSpaces shares some interesting research on the role of novelty in human development: An earlier study by Kanazawa found that more intelligent individuals were more […]
The wise nap.
UC Berkley has me hankering for some shut-eye… for my brain’s sake: In the recent UC Berkeley sleep study, 39 healthy young adults were divided […]
Hypno-Soup!
The Wall Street Journal reveals the lengths to which modern corporations go to make hot soup seem even homier: Campbell began dissecting its condensed-soup marketing […]
God, meet God… and this is God.
This is not new science, but it’s certainly new to me. Over at the Mad Science Experiments site, there’s an article describing the meeting between […]
The “look at me” hormone.
SciAm bursts the myth that testosterone is the source of male aggression. No, the truth is far worse. It’s the thing that turns men into […]
Why She’s Beautiful
LabSpaces measures out the mathematics of beautiful girls: Pamela Pallett and Stephen Link of UC San Diego and Kang Lee of the University of Toronto […]
Monkey talk.
And, Wired says, we’re just about able to understand their vocabulary… and their grammar: Lemasson’s team previously described the monkeys’ use of calls with specific […]
Love is envy (chemically).
Science Daily reveals the chemical link between passionate desire and passionate jealousy: Previous studies have shown that the oxytocin hormone has a positive effect on […]
Don’t bother cheering up. You’re better off that way.
No, really. Despair… sweet, sweet despair… sometimes, the Daily Telegraph says, it’s just stupid to be hopeful. And, the BBC adds, every so often, gloom […]