Scientists tested Bolivia’s indigenous Tsimane’ people (bottom left), U.S. adults and children and macaque monkeys on their thinking patterns when arranging sequences. Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Ferrigno The neural computations of human and non-human primates shed new light on the evolution of language. Humans and monkeys may not speak […]
It’s not just heavy drinking that’s a problem — even consuming alcohol within weekly low-risk drinking guidelines can result in hospitalization and death, according to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Moderate drinkers “are not insulated from harm,” write researchers led by Adam Sherk, […]
Kathy Sullivan is the first person to ever experience travelling to both space and the ocean’s floor NASA Making headlines is never something that has motivated Kathy Sullivan. Already in the history books as the first US woman to complete a spacewalk in 1984, the 68-year-old found herself in the […]
M. C. Langley/Shutterstock/The Conversation Archaeological excavations deep within the rainforests of Sri Lanka have unearthed the earliest evidence for hunting with bows and arrows outside Africa. At Fa-Hien Lena, a cave in the heart of Sri Lanka’s wet zone forests, we discovered numerous tools made of stone, bone, and tooth – including […]
Happy together. Everyone seems to agree that opposites attract. Young and old people, happy and distressed couples, single folks and married partners – all apparently buy the classic adage about love. Relationship experts have written books based on this assumption. It’s even been internalized by people who are on the […]
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explains that the device people use to communicate can affect the extent to which they are willing to disclose intimate or personal information about themselves. The study forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing is titled “Full Disclosure: How Smartphones Enhance Consumer […]
The Albert Einstein Memorial. Hard workers may make better role models than geniuses. Role models are important for aspiring scientists, but new research suggests that scientists who are known for their hard work — like Thomas Edison — are more motivating than scientists who are viewed as naturally brilliant, like […]
Psychologists have found that a common test used by doctors and researchers to measure autistic personality traits lacks reliability and might not be capturing the right signs of autism. Psychologists at the University of Bath, King’s College London, and Cardiff have found that a common test used by doctors and […]
Nightmares are the worst. (Image: © Shutterstock) The sheets are damp with sweat. You’re cold, but your heart is racing as if an assailant just chased you down a dark street. It was just a nightmare, you tell yourself; there’s nothing to be afraid of. But you’re still filled with […]
Hundreds of people have been exonerated after confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. (Image: © Shutterstock) The confession has been called the king of evidence, as good as a conviction. And so it seems incredulous that innocent people would incriminate themselves by confessing to something they didn’t actually do. But […]