New Research

How Stores Fool Us By Listing the “Original Price” During Sales

From half off deals, to the music they play in the store, marketers are getting ready to release their arsenal of tricks on you

Good Benefits Don’t Make Unemployed People Happy About Being Unemployed

People really don't like being unemployed, and having good unemployment assistance doesn't change that

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Hermit Crabs Avoid Conflict By Developing a Taste for Specific Types of Shells

As the crabs got older, their tolerance for shell diversity decreased, and they honed in on a single shell type they liked best

People Are More Likely to Pay Greed Forward Than Good Deeds

People have little incentive to be nice to one another unless they are part of a specific group that creates some sense of shared identity

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Why Men Tend To Have Bigger Noses Than Women

This also speaks to differences between modern humans and our ancient ancestors, since ancient humans had more muscle mass than we soft creatures of today

Some Kids Outgrow Their Synesthesia

It might be possible to be synesthetic as a kid, but then grow out of it

Women Can Act Aggressively, Too

Competition goes beyond feeling threatened by another woman's looks and encompasses judgements about behaviors, too

Alberta’s Oil Sands Account for 9 Percent of Canada’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The oil sands are a bigger source of greenhouse gases than all of Canada's agriculture or manufacturing

The tip of Antarctica’s Mount Sidley, part of the Executive Committee Range.

There’s Boiling Magma Beneath the Antarctic Ice, And It Could Burst Out at Any Time

Swarms of earthquakes beneath the Antarctic ice could be signs of an impending volcanic eruption

Water vortices surrounding a moving stingray’s body

Future Submarines May Glide Through the Water Like Stingrays

Cracking the underlying principles behind stingray movements is the first step to building future submarines

Where Do Dogs Come From—Europe Or China?

Where were dogs first domesticated?

The distribution of drug deaths in American counties from 2008 to 2009

Deaths From Drug Overdoses Are Soaring

Across America, the rate of drug overdose deaths has risen by 300%

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Remnants of 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Bacteria May Be the Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth

The microbial sediment layers outdate previous evidence of life around 300 million years

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Rethinking the Paleo Diet: Would You Eat the Contents of a Deer’s Stomach?

Animal stomachs for everybody!

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This Scientist Let a Flea Live Inside Her In Order to Study It

To what lengths would you go for science?

Learning Another Language Could Help Delay Dementia

Kids who know two languages think faster and more creatively. And research even suggests that being bilingual could fortify the brain against dementia

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Listen to “Huh”—a Universal Word—in Russian, Icelandic, Lao And Siwu

Researchers think "huh" is a great example of "convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items," or a word that came out of a conversational need

Porcupines can be vicious killers. But not this one. This one is adorable.

Porcupine Quills Can Kill

Researchers in Italy watched porcupines corner a dog and stab it to death

You don’t need to take Google’s personality test; you’re already revealing enough on Twitter.

Analyzing Your Tweets Could Help Advertisers Understand Your Personality And Sell You More Stuff

By scraping your tweets, these researchers can get insight into your personality

This Robot Is Powered by Pee

From bug eaters to pee drinkers, these robots of the future will be part of the food chain

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