Services like Google, WhatsApp, Instagram or Netflix are based on algorithmic selection: They automatically select the content that is presented to us and…
The “Smart Products Report 2020” by the Lucerne and St. Gallen universities on the use and consumer perception of smart products is based on an online survey…
Trash talking has a long and colorful history of flustering game opponents, and now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that…
Measuring the overall wellbeing of populations is crucial for evaluating the success of policies. The Human Life Indicator expresses wellbeing in terms of…
We all react very sensitively to positive or negative signals in the behavior of our peers and unconsciously include this feedback in our own decision-making….
Who has not faced this situation? Having too many choices when shopping for a product creates a feeling that we call “being spoiled for choice.” Academic…
The earliest true primates, called “euprimates,” lived about 55 million years ago across what is now North America. Two major fossil euprimate groups existed…
By 2025, India is expected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country, due to higher fertility rates and a younger population. However, a new study…
Most people don't find it more difficult to lie in a foreign language than in their native tongue. However, things are different when telling the truth: This…
When what we want as individuals clashes with what is best for the group, we have a social dilemma. How can we overcome these dilemmas, and encourage people to…
The American city of Cleveland was once a flourishing metropolis – thanks to its steel and automotive industries. But in the last century, with the opening of…
Goals in soccer only provide limited information about a team’s performance and the quality of its players: Goals are scored only rarely in soccer, and can…
They identified that while there are less people tweeting, there are a group of people who tweet prolifically. This suggests there is a concentrated core of…
“This research reveals that air pollution may have potential ethical costs that go beyond its well-known toll on health and the environment,” says behavioral…
First-borns are more likely to graduate from medical training and engineering programs at university, while later-borns are more likely to study journalism and…
That is the implication of a new study which shows for the first time that there is a broad range of differences in people's visual ability and that these…
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