‘Keep It Local’ Approach To Protecting The Rainforest Can Be More Effective Than Government Schemes
Conservation initiatives led by local and indigenous groups can be just as effective as schemes led by government, according to new research. In some cases in the Amazon rainforest, grassroots initiatives can […]
Happiness Is Not Determined By Childhood Biomarkers
Happiness is not determined by childhood biological markers such as height or body fat, according to a team of European researchers involving UCL. The paper, published in PLoS ONE analysed longitudinal data […]
How Scenario Planning Can Be Used To Reshape Strategy
Explore what’s plausible rather than determining what’s probable when planning for an uncertain future, says Rafael Ramirez. In turbulent and uncertain times, organisations should not try to predict the future but focus […]
NASA Awards Grants For Research, Flight Opportunities To 22 Universities
Twenty-two universities across the country have been selected to receive NASA grants for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission. Nine of these universities will have the […]
Building Planned Dams Will Significantly And Irreversibly Damage The Environment
New paper in Nature analyses the wide-scale negative impacts of damming rivers in the Amazon basin The Amazon basin will suffer significant and irreversible environmental damage if hundreds of planned dams are […]
Children With Bedroom TVs At Significantly Higher Risk Of Being Overweight
A UCL-led study of over 12,000 young children in the UK has revealed that 11-year-olds who had TVs in their bedroom at age 7 had a significantly higher body mass (BMI) and fat mass […]
Human Reproduction Likely To Be More Efficient Than Previously Thought
How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to term, but a new study from a researcher at the University of […]
Where Does A Scent Come From?
Research with mice has revealed new insights into how we determine where a scent comes from. The rodents seem to do this by comparing stimuli from both nostrils. The mechanism is similar […]
Research On The Relationship Between Work And Happiness
Happiness is typically defined by how people experience and evaluate their lives as a whole. Since most of us spend a large proportion of our lives at work, it is inevitable that […]
Puberty Hormones Trigger Changes In Youthful Learning
A UC Berkeley study of mice reveals, for the first time, how puberty hormones might impede some aspects of flexible youthful learning. “We have found that the onset of puberty hits something […]
Keeping Secrets Is Harmful to Your Health, According To New Research from Columbia Business School
Most people have a secret, whether it is a relatively minor one like faking illness to get a day off work, or something bigger like having an extramarital affair or committing fraud. […]
Police Officers Speak Less Respectfully To Black Residents Than To White Residents, Stanford Researchers Find
Professors Jennifer Eberhardt and Dan Jurafsky, along with other Stanford researchers, detected racial disparities in police officers’ speech after analyzing more than 100 hours of body camera footage from Oakland Police. The […]
Study Finds That Seeing Work As A Calling Often Leads To Problematic Behaviour And Burnout
An organisation full of passionate and engaged individuals pursuing meaningful, purpose-led work has long been the aspiration of employers and employees alike, but new research from Oxford Saïd reveals that there can […]
New Research from Columbia Business School Shows How Power and Pressure Impact Performance
People react to pressure-filled situations in different ways. For many, too much pressure can lead to abject failure. New research from Columbia Business School shows that your power in relationship to others […]
