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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 30th, 2006
Is There Such a Thing as 'Being Lucky'?

Is There Such a Thing as 'Being Lucky'?

No, but there's a catch...

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 29th, 2006
Why Do You Read News? The Other Side of the Story

Why Do You Read News? The Other Side of the Story

People don't read news just to inform themselves, sometimes they do it to regulate their mood

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 28th, 2006
The Psychology of Shopping

The Psychology of Shopping

How do you choose what to buy and why do you choose a certain store?

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 27th, 2006
Germans Are the Most Intelligent Europeans

Germans Are the Most Intelligent Europeans

According to an IQ survey

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 22nd, 2006
Out of the Malthusian Trap

Out of the Malthusian Trap

Why hasn't overpopulation already starved us all?

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 22nd, 2006
Female Mice Prefer the Experienced Males

Female Mice Prefer the Experienced Males

Popular mice have more sex

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 21st, 2006
Wild Chimpanzees Use Gestures to Communicate

Wild Chimpanzees Use Gestures to Communicate

"Scratch me here!"

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 20th, 2006
The Weapon that Turns the Enemy Soldiers into Horny Homosexuals

The Weapon that Turns the Enemy Soldiers into Horny Homosexuals

"Make love not war" - the Pentagon style

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 20th, 2006
Humans As Random Bouncing Balls

Humans As Random Bouncing Balls

A surprisingly simple model of social dynamics works

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 15th, 2006
Ten Percent of British Teenagers Have Been Cyber-bullied

Ten Percent of British Teenagers Have Been Cyber-bullied

According to a Microsoft survey

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 15th, 2006
How Would It Be to Remember Everything?

How Would It Be to Remember Everything?

Not so good - according to someone who does

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 15th, 2006
What Makes A Wife Happy

What Makes A Wife Happy

In the United States

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 12th, 2006
How to Be Charming and Delightful

How to Be Charming and Delightful

Or stupid, depends

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 10th, 2006
Rats and Europeans: The Destruction of the Easter Island

Rats and Europeans: The Destruction of the Easter Island

The new calibration of radiocarbon dating turns on its head the story of the Easter Island

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 10th, 2006
What's the Difference Between You and A Chimp?

What's the Difference Between You and A Chimp?

A new study reveals the importance of gene expression

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 8th, 2006
Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

"Absolutely", say researchers from University of Chicago

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • March 8th, 2006
Backward Evolution? Five Members of a Kurdish Family Walk Naturally on All Fours

Backward Evolution? Five Members of a Kurdish Family Walk Naturally on All Fours

Scientists have found a Kurdish family in Turkey almost incapable of biped walking

 
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