Making eye contact repeatedly when you’re talking to someone is common, but why do we do it? When two people are having a conversation, eye…
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New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing…
A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great…
Beautiful people are more likely to get hired, receive better performance evaluations and get paid more—but it’s not just because of their good looks, according…
Same-sex sexual behaviour may seem to present a Darwinian paradox. It provides no obvious reproductive or survival benefit, and yet same-sex sexual behavior is fairly…
Research team now examines impact of food competition and climate change. A research team from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology…
Carolina researchers say downward trend in college drinking could change once students return to campus. First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having…
Lessons from the pandemic could inform how to deal with other global crises that require collective action, like climate change. Superspreading events have proven to…
Researchers break down social factors behind differing black, white COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused…
New mathematical model incorporates human behavior—and the fears that drive it—to better predict multiple waves of infections. A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease…
New study uncovers obstacle to certain groups’ professional advancement in academia. The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or “brilliance” for…
Lollapalooza ran through Sunday, August 1, in Chicago’s Grant Park. Heading into Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago, concertgoers were anxiously awaiting their favorite artists while infectious…
Researchers from Western University and University of Houston published a paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines whether spoiler movie reviews harm box office revenue. The…
A Polish study brings up the impact of the actively communicated attention-grabbing anti-vaccine arguments, as well as the overall skepticism towards the Big Pharma, science…
Leniency may come at cost of judger’s self-worth, danger of normalizing unethical behavior, study says. When people behave badly or unethically, their loved ones may…
In spotted hyena societies, inherited social networks — passed from mothers to offspring — are essential to hyena life and survival, according to a new…
96% of shark movies overtly portray sharks as a threat to humans. Undeniably the shark movie to end all shark movies, the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws,…