Music opens your heart. No, really.
CNN recently covered some fun physiological research from the University of Maryland that showed that music – music you like – really is good for […]
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Imaginary poisons.
New Scientist examines the harmful health effects of the power of negative thinking: The placebo effect has an evil twin: the nocebo effect, in which […]
For those on the right, sorry, he really is joking.
The Colbert Report recently made science news over the space station naming controversy. Well, unbowed and unbloodied, the “right-wing” “pundit” once again “made the news” […]
Depressed brains are… depressed.
Washington University in St. Louis has been looking at depressed people’s brains – specifically the “default mode network,” a series of connections that link our […]
Spank for a happy relationship!
New Scientist, always on the raw, throbbing edge of behavioral science, reveals the heartwarming findings about the couple that spanks together: SPANKING is stressful at […]
Spring Break Science: Girls, don’t try outdrinking boys.
Science Daily reports the dipsomanic discovery that men aren’t impressed by girls who try to outdrink them… but that’s not stopping girls from trying: A […]
X for the Veterans!
ScientificBlogging.com invites the military to join in the PLUR culture: Patriotism, Love, Unity and Respect. New research shows that if you really want to support […]
SONG: Mama Never Taught Me
SONG: “Mama Never Taught Me” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: “Can experiences be passed on to offspring? “, New Scientist, […]
Relax. We’ll clean those memories right out.
WebMD, usually a reassuring site filled with comforting medical knowledge, shares the recent finding that a common blood pressure drug is not actually erasing our […]
Teach ’em young. If not earlier.
New Scientist educates us about a new study suggesting that pregnant moms’ mental workouts can affect their unborn kids’ brains: Larry Feig at Tufts University […]
Clear typefaces make life easier.
SciAm clears up a secret of success that font-freaks already know instinctively. If we’re really going to get things done, you’ve got to tell it […]
Outchimped… with affection.
The Monkey Wire (no, really) is jumping with news of a study that shows chimpanzee babies are smarter than humans: Daily Express Professor Kim Bard, […]
Dreams of sex and horror.
LiveScience pulls the cover back on another battle of the sexes with a study that shows men and women dream differently: Parker corroborated participants’ dreams […]
The jitters. The voices. Freshen your cup?
SciAm launches a new volley in the war on drugs – specifically an exotic plant known to some as “Psychotria.” On the street, it’s likely […]
The Rat-Planned City.
Tel Aviv researchers are revolutionizing urban design, PhysOrg.com reports, by designing cities for rats. Normally thought of as vermin, the critters can navigate the street […]