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According to a new research, it could be that your behavior in uncommon situations, such as after winning the lottery, is not very much dictated by your own free will as by ads and other external factors. This is the first investigation of this type to analyze the influence of advertisements on personal desires. It w... |
3 February 2010
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It’s often said that women have this bad habit of becoming too emotional and, at the same time, feeling guiltier than they should about one thing or another. Recent research comes to show though that, comparatively, it’s not the women who overdo it with the guilt trip but the men, who actually feel less g... |
27 January 2010
16:21 GMT |
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About £30,000 of taxpayers’ moneys will go into funding a new study of the behavior of flyers and airport staff, with anthropologist Dr. Damian O’Doherty about to embark on a year-long study. For 12 months, the anthropologist will be living at Manchester’s terminal in order to better analyze p... |
25 January 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Jokes about how blondes have more fun but are generally rather “challenged” from an intellectual point of view seem to have been around forever. A new study comes to show that these jokes are not necessarily inspired from real life, but rather used by men as a defense mechanism when they meet attractive w... |
25 January 2010
14:31 GMT |
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They say it’s good, recommended actually, to have more choices to go with, instead of just one thing that we have to stick with no matter what. However, a new study in consumer behavior comes to show that, where options are concerned, having too many is actually detrimental to us. Having too much choice often l... |
23 January 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Today, January 18, is officially the most depressing day of the year, which is why it has come to be known as Blue Monday. Useless to say, today nothing works and, consequently, it’s the worst moment to start something new or take risks, either at work or in one’s personal life. There are ways to fight th... |
18 January 2010
13:21 GMT |
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Women looking to find an answer to the never-really-answered question of whether a man is looking for just a fling or a more serious relationship have only to look in his eyes to find it, The Telegraph says. A new study has demonstrated that men who aren’t in it for a one night stand or just a fling will focus ... |
12 January 2010
13:41 GMT |
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“I think someone needs a bite of the reality sandwich” and “Let’s touch base on this offline” might be phrases that we could make sense of, but that would be like shooting arrows in the dark. Yet, they make a lot of sense for office workers in the UK, who are increasingly including them ... |
8 January 2010
14:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that even certain fish species are very fond of etiquette and polite behavior, especially during feeding. The paper shows that the males of a select few fish species will punish females if they “misbehave” while eating. What really amazed researchers wa... |
8 January 2010
05:26 GMT |
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The scientific community has finally come to a consensus regarding dolphins. Experts believe that the marine animals are the second most intelligent species on the planet after humans. The creatures are so smart and bright, that they should be referred to as non-human persons, they add. Recent research has demonstrat... |
5 January 2010
04:20 GMT |
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Women are known to tell the occasional white lie especially when asked directly about the price of a certain item that they just happen to have purchased. That is to say, for some reason or another, women feel the need to hide their shopping habits from their partners, either by lying about the price or denying a sho... |
4 January 2010
15:31 GMT |
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The winter holidays can be very trying for marriages that are already experiencing serious problems, reports say. As a matter of fact, the festivities can be so trying that, the first thing spouses do on the morning of January 4, when the holidays officially come to an end, is to see divorce attorneys to end the marr... |
4 January 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Golfer Tiger Woods, talk show personality David Letterman, former senator John Edwards and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford have all been involved in highly mediated scandals because of their decision on cheat on their wives. The higher the position of the man in society, the harder his fall and the bigger the in... |
31 December 2009
07:41 GMT |
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They say a girl can’t live without her girlfriends, with whom she shares everything from her deepest thoughts to the regular shopping sprees. At least, that’s what we’re occasionally told on TV, in books and many movies. As it turns out, a woman’s most prized possession is not a friend but her... |
29 December 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Expectant mommies are more than just a ball of nerves and mood swings, a new study cited by New Scientist says. Because of the raging hormones, pregnant women can identify signs of anger or aggression on someone’s face with more accuracy than other women who are not expecting and men, the study has learned.
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15 December 2009
13:21 GMT |
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We believe that werewolves, vampires and other creatures of the night are the stuff we read about in books and see in movies. While that is true, as science has already demonstrated, that’s not to say that there isn’t any truth in the myth of said creatures, as research nurse in toxicology Leonie Calver s... |
14 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Countless studies so far have attempted to prove how one can tell when a person is lying, when they’re interested in something or someone else, or when they are trying only to appear so. It could very well be that all of them were looking in the wrong place, Professor Geoffrey Beattie, Head of School and Dean o... |
3 December 2009
14:21 GMT |
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A new study, made possible by means of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, comes to show that loneliness, just like a common cold or other infection, can be contagious. This means that people who suffer from it tend to spread it to others who, in turn, are pushed to the periphery of the social network where... |
1 December 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Seeing a woman as the main breadwinner in the household is no longer a strange occurrence. However, as we all know, this also entails that, in order to become it, she has to give up other responsibilities around the house, which usually translate in a reversal of roles in the relationship. On this note, researchers h... |
23 November 2009
15:41 GMT |
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It would appear that ants, besides being some of the most organized and widespread creatures on the face of the planet, are also loyal comrades. In experimental setups, they were found to return after comrades that had been ensnared using an unconventional trap. Those who returned for the prisoner made all possible e... |
9 November 2009
02:21 GMT |
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It has often been argued that a woman’s best way to cope with stress or any kind of strong and negative emotion is to hit the shops armed with nothing but a credit card and plenty of patience. It’s called the wonders of a little retail therapy and, according to many, it’s guaranteed to boost spirits... |
4 November 2009
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Romanticism will never die, but that’s not stopping British researchers from trying to come up with a recipe for the perfect marriage. Said recipe is said to be as efficient as it’s completely devoid of all the things that poets love to write about: in short, it implies the wife has to be at least five ye... |
26 October 2009
17:21 GMT |
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It wasn’t long ago that one economist set out to prove the world that having children wasn’t the way to happiness for married couples, but rather their way of deceiving themselves about what life had in store for them. Despite this, a new study comes to show that children do actually bring happiness and s... |
26 October 2009
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Chances are most of us have already found ourselves in a situation in which we’ve had a superior yell and belittle us whatever the reason, meaning, regardless of whether we did something wrong or not. Until not long ago, researchers believed bully bosses were so aggressive because they wanted to hold on to thei... |
15 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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There still are many who believe that women’s compulsive need to buy something new is the stuff that myths are made of and that all so-called shopaholics wouldn’t have a problem to speak of if they only kept themselves in check. Still, the problem is widespread, even if it doesn’t manifest in all wo... |
24 September 2009
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It has often been said that women are up to no good when they get behind the wheel for reasons ranging from their inability to focus on one thing alone (driving, that is) to not being as endowed as men when it comes to spatial orientation. A recent study comes to show that women also suffer from what is known as &ldq... |
23 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Parting with a loved one can be a heartbreaking experience that few would ever want to revisit. However, in recent months, the number of those searching online for their former flames has increased so much it has given birth to what they call the “Ex Files,” the Daily Mail says. Most of them, though, just... |
22 September 2009
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They say it’s easy to get a secret out of a woman because she will tell it to you without even having to ask. Although most women consider themselves trustworthy confidantes in whom a friend can find a shoulder to cry on and a “grave” for their secrets, a recent study comes to show that, at the end ... |
17 September 2009
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No matter the purpose and / or the context, they say a lie is still a lie and, as such, it can only harm someone in the long run – most likely, the person telling it. With all this, a new study comes to reveal that we can’t even begin to grasp how many lies we hear everyday, with men telling lies an avera... |
14 September 2009
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They sometimes say that women know what makes them always look good, no matter what: a less attractive friend to go out with. Several theories claim that most women do this in real life without even being aware of it, or the direct implications, but recent studies show that, whichever may be the case, it’s stil... |
11 September 2009
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Fans of conspiracy / alien theories had hoped the new millennium would finally prove them right, not necessarily in the sense that it would bring about the end of the world, but that some sort of catastrophe would hit, just like they had predicted years before. 06/06/06 came and went rather uneventfully, to their rat... |
9 September 2009
03:34 GMT |
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There are so many self-help books out there that, were one to choose only a handful of the lot for some guidance and advice, one would have serious problems choosing. Judging from the message behind all of them, positive thinking is the key to success: a better social and professional position, more money, happiness,... |
8 September 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Bruce Hood, professor of developmental psychology at the Bristol University, may have come up with the perfect explanation why religion is such an integrant part of our lives – or, at least, for some of us. Going against what atheists say that religion is often only the result of a lack of education, Hood&rsquo... |
7 September 2009
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They say there are some women so beautiful they can knock the air out of one’s lungs and make one (if that one happens to be a man) lose his mind and make it impossible for him to keep a clear head. A recent study conducted by psychologists at the Radboud University in The Netherlands and cited by The Mirror sh... |
5 September 2009
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Previous research shows that certain personality traits lead to higher mortality rates, but does not explain the exact connection between one and the other. This is what Professor Daniel K. Mroczek tried to determine with his most recent study, and the conclusion he came to was that higher levels of neuroticism led t... |
19 August 2009
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They don’t call women crybabies for no reason, or at least, they don’t do so unjustly. A new survey has revealed that, ever since they are born and until their final days, women cry for about one year and four months without stopping, which amounts to 12,000 hours in tears for reasons that can range from ... |
12 August 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Retail therapy is not a myth as we might have believed five or so years ago, since it has been scientifically proven that women (and some men too) take comfort in the act of shopping, because it helps them deal with emotions, being used as some sort of safety net. That is not to say though that shopping doesn’t... |
7 August 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Scientists from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and the University of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom, have recently published a new study, arguing that human language and dolphin behavior have similar traits, as far as brevity goes. They set off in their line of reasoning from the law of brevity in hu... |
31 July 2009
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For a long time, ants have been appreciated by experts in the scientific community as some of the most intelligent and advanced creatures on the planet. Their complex network of interactions allowed them, over the years, to form some of the most complex societies in existence today, rivaling our own in number and spe... |
23 July 2009
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Personality traits play an important part in one’s appreciation at the work place, both from a personal and a professional / financial point of view. While it’s common sense that those who display eagerness and conscientiousness be paid more than those who can be described as slackers, a new study comes t... |
14 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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When meerkat cubs are born, the entire group is in attendance and, over the first 3 months or so of life, all of the adults stop at nothing to ensure that their little ones have all they need to survive. Researchers have even observed the fact that the older meerkats even give away some of their food to the begging y... |
23 May 2009
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Researchers have long been trying to come up with a “recipe” for true love, one that would guarantee that a marriage lasts a lifetime. Despite all their efforts, the conclusion has seemingly been that, no matter how they tried, no one could predict whether a marriage would pass the test of time or not. No... |
26 March 2009
07:24 GMT |
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Scientists at the Arizona State University have managed to create one of the first software to predict the movement of the masses, in simulations meant to give analysts some insight into how people tend to clog up on narrow streets. This happens very often in real life, when citizens try to flee a danger zone, or are... |
19 March 2009
05:34 GMT |
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With increasing numbers of people connecting to social media networks, a new phenomenon is rising, and that is the “online death.” That is to say, when individuals who play online games or are involved in communities such as Flickr, MySpace, Facebook and the likes die in real life, their accounts remain h... |
16 March 2009
05:05 GMT |
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The implications of the latest advances in technology have often been discussed, with pros and cons weighed in the balance, but with seemingly no convenient conclusion or solution on sight. Neuroscientists and psychologists have again rallied to speak against the dangers of leaving children under seven in front of th... |
24 February 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Understanding dreams and their significance has been a long-standing goal of humanity since the dawn of time, as many people believe that their dreams are nothing less than a gateway into their own minds, to thoughts they cannot otherwise access. There are also those who say that they are hidden messages about things... |
18 February 2009
10:51 GMT |
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The human mind indeed works in mysterious ways, researchers from the University of Washington (UW), who have recently concluded a 7 year-long study designed to give them a new perspective on the triggering factors of depression in early adolescence, say. They learned that anti-social behavior and anxiety were the mos... |
18 February 2009
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According to a new research, chimpanzees are very likely to form social bonds that keep them together for prolonged periods of time. This is especially true for males, which have been reported to remain in close contact with each other for as long as 7 years. Females, on the other hand, leave the colony when they bec... |
26 January 2009
08:48 GMT |
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Sociologists say that a new breed of scientists is currently gaining momentum in the academic community, one that uses its own children for harmless experimentation, instead of paying others to undergo the tests. The researchers who apply this method are saying that there's nothing wrong with, for example, attac... |
19 January 2009
06:30 GMT |
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According to a new scientific research, the satisfied expression on the faces of those who just blasted a virtual opponent out of the screen in a video game doesn't come from them satisfying their blood-thirsty instincts, but from the fact that they are satisfied for mastering the challenge the game placed befor... |
16 January 2009
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