New Research
Lawyers Who Make Less Money And Get Worse Grades Are the Happiest
Money can't buy you happiness, even if you're a lawyer
Violinists Can’t Tell the Difference Between Old and New Instruments
Regardless, many report still preferring old-school violins made by Italian masters
Under the Summer Sun, the Corn Belt Is the Most Biologically Productive Place on Earth
During the peak growing season, the corn belt outproduces the Amazon
Playing Video Games Could Actually Change Your Brain—But Not in a Bad Way
Despite video games' bad rep, they might improve a person's strategizing and multi-tasking abilities
Nearly Half of Americans Believe At Least One Conspiracy Theory
William S. Burroughs once said, “Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.”
Drunken Prairie Voles Help Explain Alcohol’s Demons
Why do some people become more prone to attachment and sentimentality when drunk, while others tend to stray?
Here’s How Neuroscientists in the 1800s Studied Blood Flow in the Brain
New translations of early neuroscience reveal how in 1882 one Italian physiologist was able to measure blood flow changes in the brain
Some Visions of the Crucifixion Aren't T-Shaped
Jesus and others who were crucified didn’t necessarily die with their arms pinned straight out, the way we often imagine them
Mayas Used Spiked Clubs to Bash Combatant’s Heads
Analysis of skulls gives insight into violence in the Mayan culture
Ancient Wandering Shepherds Spread Crops Across Eurasia
The nomadic shepherds of central Asia joined east and west
Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus May Have a Giant Liquid Water Lake
New proof that Enceladus is a watery world
Almost 65 Years After Its Pieces Were Dispersed, Scientists Reconstructed a Long-Lost Dinosaur Chase
A lost set of dinosaur footprints in Texas has been reconstructed from 70-year-old photographs
Dingoes Aren’t Just Wild Dogs
Rather than being the descendants of feral mutts, dingoes are actually in their own unique taxonomical corner
Computers Are Learning How To Teach Each Other New Skills
Why would you teach a computer how to teach other computers how to murder more efficiently?
Oxytocin Encourages People to Think More About the Group, Less About Themselves
It's not that oxytocin makes people act in a good or bad way, just in a way that best serves the interests of their people
Crummy Weather Can Lead to Harsher Online Restaurant Reviews
Are you sure you didn't like the food? Maybe it was just the weather...
Byzantine Monks Built Walls With Asbestos, Too
In millennia past, asbestos has also been used to make stronger pottery and flame-proof napkins
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes, According to Science
Rather than acting as camouflage or social signals, zebra stripes seem to deter biting flies
A Loving Touch Triggers Cockroaches to Make Babies Faster
Female cockroaches make eggs more quickly if they cuddle with other roaches, but artificial antennae delivering gentle touches can also speed egg growth
No-Kill Caviar Could Make Luxury Less Expensive
Given a particular protein and a nice massage, sturgeon give up their eggs without giving up their lives
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