When we try to stop a body movement at the last second, perhaps to keep ourselves from stepping on what we just realized was ice, we can’t always do it — and […]
Why We Can’t Always Stop What We’ve Started
Clean Energy: Experts Outline How Governments Can Successfully Invest Before It’s Too Late
Researchers distil twenty years of lessons from clean energy funding into six ‘guiding principles’. They argue that governments must eschew constant reinventions and grant scientists greater influence before our “window of opportunity” […]
Students’ Early Test Scores Do Not Predict Academic Growth Over Time, Stanford Research Finds
A new analysis of data from all public school districts in the United States indicates that poverty does not determine the quality of a school system. For years, parents and policymakers have […]
Could Ancient Bones Suggest Santa Was Real?
New Oxford University research has revealed that bones long venerated as relics of the saint, do in fact date from the right historical period. One of the most revered Christian saints, St […]
Tigers Cling To Survival In Sumatra’s Increasingly Fragmented Forests
A research expedition tracked endangered tigers through the Sumatran jungles for a year and found tigers are clinging to survival in low density populations. Their findings have renewed fears about the possible […]
How Much Should A Victim Be Compensated For Emotional Suffering?
New study finds lay people award less compensation to someone incurring an emotional loss if that person also incurs a small economic loss. If a company sends one of its workers to […]
Eye Contact With Your Baby Helps Synchronise Your Brainwaves
Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and learning – according to researchers at the […]
Marriage May Help Stave Off Dementia
Marriage may lower the risk of developing dementia, concludes a UCL-led synthesis of the available evidence published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Lifelong singletons and widowers are at […]
New Laser Technique Detects Soot Particles In Blood And Urine
Researchers from UHasselt and KU Leuven have developed a brand-new method to detect soot particles in the human body. Recent research has shown that, each year, over 4.2 million individuals around the […]
Prehistoric Women’s Manual Work Was Tougher Than Rowing In Today’s Elite Boat Crews
The first study to compare ancient and living female bones shows that women from early agricultural eras had stronger arms than the rowers of Cambridge University’s famously competitive boat club. Researchers say […]
Study Shows Social Media Advertising Can Lift Brand Awareness
New research released by Oxford Saїd and Kantar Millward Brown at an event in London last week reveals that social media advertising can be a highly effective channel for driving long-term brand […]
Sometimes, It Pays For The Boss To Be Humble
It’s good to be humble when you’re the boss – as long as that’s what your employees expect. Researchers studying workplaces in China found that some real-life teams showed more creativity if […]
North American Storm Clusters Could Produce 80 Percent More Rain
Major clusters of summertime thunderstorms in North America will grow larger, more intense, and more frequent later this century in a changing climate, unleashing far more rain and posing a greater threat […]
Study Reveals How Drug Could Derail Synapse Loss In Alzheimer’s Disease
A recent multi-centre study, led by King’s College London and the University of Manchester, has established that synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease is driven by a specific signalling pathway. This pathway is […]
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