With last year’s Super Bowl drawing in over 114 million viewers, you’d assume that much of the audience tuned in not just for the commercials, but for the enjoyment of the game. […]
Super Bowl Won’t Make You Feel Super, Even If Your Team Wins
The Rich Getting Richer Is More Depressing Than A Rise In Unemployment, Shows Research
The persistent rise in the share of income held by the top 1 per cent in many countries round the world is damaging the wellbeing of the other 99%, with worrying implications […]
What New Wearable Sensors Can Reveal From Perspiration
When UC Berkeley engineers say they are going to make you sweat, it is all in the name of science. Specifically, it is for a flexible sensor system that can measure metabolites […]
Tackling Poverty To Fight Terrorism
In the fight against terrorism, Jimmy Leak ’12 isn’t a typical soldier. Instead of military training, he has a Ph.D. in educational policy & social context. And instead of drone strikes, he […]
Fine-Tuned Test Predicts Risk Of Ovarian Cancer With Great Precision
In collaboration with scientists from Imperial College London and Lund University, Professors Dirk Timmerman and Ben Van Calster from KU Leuven have improved a test for ultrasound diagnosis of ovarian tumours. Ovarian tumours or […]
Playing 3-D Video Games Can Boost Memory Formation, UCI Study Finds
Results suggest novel approaches to maintaining cognition as we age Don’t put that controller down just yet. Playing three-dimensional video games – besides being lots of fun – can boost the formation […]
Evidence Of A Prehistoric Massacre Extends The History Of Warfare
Skeletal remains of a group of foragers massacred around 10,000 years ago on the shores of a lagoon is unique evidence of a violent encounter between clashing groups of ancient hunter-gatherers, and […]
John Maynard Keynes: ‘Great Economist, Poor Currency Trader’ Study Finds
John Maynard Keynes struggled as a foreign-exchange trader, finds the first detailed study of the famous economist as currency speculator. A detailed new study of the chequered currency-trading record of John Maynard […]
Brain Wars Or Star Wars: Fact Or Fiction?
“Science fiction is often the driver of science fact.” So says Georgetown neuroethicist James Giordano, PhD, MPhil, when asked about one of the most popular science fiction movies, “Star Wars” and the […]
Nutrition Professor: New Dietary Guidelines Are A Political, Corporate Spin On Evidence-Based Nutrition
Thomas Sherman, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, offers this commentary originally posted on the “Georgetown Food Studies” blog about the recently released Dietary Guidelines. Sherman teaches metabolism, […]
Looking For Motivation? Enjoying The Task At Hand Will Matter Once You Start.
From the gym to the office, sticking to your plan may require thinking about the experience when planning. Plenty of well-intentioned exercisers select programs designed to whip themselves into shape, only to […]
Roman Toilets Gave No Clear Health Benefit, And Romanisation Actually Spread Parasites
Archaeological evidence shows that intestinal parasites such as whipworm became increasingly common across Europe during the Roman Period, despite the apparent improvements the empire brought in sanitation technologies. The Romans are well […]
‘Shared Bad Memories’ Bind Fighters And Terrorists To Their Groups
What binds military fighters or terrorists together so tightly that they are willing to sacrifice their own lives for their causes? Previous research has shown that such extreme behaviour can be driven […]
New Trait Explains Why Some People Are More Easily Distracted Than Others
People vary according to different personality traits, such as extraversion or conscientiousness, and new UCL research suggests that they also vary according to a particular cognitive trait: distractibility. The findings are published […]
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