Fads have been a staple of American pop culture for decades, from spandex in the 1980s to skinny jeans today. But while going from fad to flop may seem like…
Rods and cones coexist peacefully in healthy retinas. Both types of cells occupy the same layer of tissue and send signals when they detect light, which is the…
“Just as we depend upon mobile phones and cars in our daily lives today, the next 15 years will see mass hybridisation between humans and robots,” predicts…
The research group from the University of Valencia (UV) that carried out the bibliometric research sought to identify the most productive authors and…
Various studies in recent years have repeatedly shown that the hormone Oxytocin in the brain of mammals – and therefore human beings too – is jointly…
Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, marketing expert Maurizio Catulli of the University of Hertfordshire, UK,…
“If it’s true that adversity and hardship can bring out creativity,” said Miles Orvell, professor of English and American studies at Temple University, “then…
Having an imperfect body may come with some substantial benefits, according to a new article in the December issue of Current Anthropology.The hormones that…
Politicians have an incentive to act in ways that benefit their re-election possibilities, and this means they may support policies and regulatory practices…
Research in the theory of evolution includes a number of accepted theories about how men and women choose their partners. Among the more established ones is…
Although Spain still has the highest rate of industrial conflicts in Europe, the number of days each salaried employee spends on strike has fallen by more than…
Baylor researchers found that the alcohol a person might ingest when they are between 12 and 20, even at moderate doses, can alter brain and liver function,…
Dr Melina Kunar, from the University of Warwick’s Department of Psychology, and Dr Todd Horowitz, from Harvard Medical School, ran a number of experiments in…
Researchers at the UAB Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology have studied the level of comprehension of subtitled television programmes…
The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA and funded by a £72,000 grant from the British Lung Foundation, has…
What we eat can say a lot about us – where we live, how we live and eventually even when we lived. From the analysis of the intestinal contents of the…
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