Siblings play a unique role in one another’s lives that stimulate the companionship of parents. as well as the power and assistance of friends. Because siblings often grow in the same household, they have a large amount of exposure to one another. A new study suggests the relationship we have […]
After seven years of travel through space probe Dawn reached its destination: protoplanet Ceres. This is the NASA mission to identify the origins of the Solar System. The probe will remain in orbit Ceres at least 16 months, as scheduled mission, but not coming back to Earth, because it has […]
For a long time, we’ve known about the insomniacs: The people who go bed and then toss and turn all night, unable to fall asleep. But there’s another group of sleepless sufferers: Those who can’t bring themselves to go to bed in the first place. If you’re exhausted and you […]
If your New Year’s resolution was to cut back on screen time, you might want to rethink it. Contrary to what we’ve been hearing for years, scrolling through your Twitter feed, sending personal emails, and texting photos back and forth may actually be good for your health, finds a new […]
It is clearly not only egocentric and emotionally unregulated adolescents who obsess over photographs of themselves. Politicians and business tycoons seem just as concerned about their photographic images, driven by a heady mixture of subclinical narcissism and avaricious PR consultants. Maybe pictures do paint a thousand words. Selfies have become […]
Some of the most important studies in the history of psychology couldn’t be done today — because they were incredibly unethical. That includes the “Little Albert” study from 1920, in which researchers purposefully terrified a small child to study how fear works. It also includes the famous Stanford prison experiment […]
Finally! The flying car that really could be coming to a road (and sky) near you It has been a sci-fi dream for decades – a car that can simply take to the air to avoid traffic. However, a Slovakian firm has said it has finally cracked the problem. The […]
If a naked female stands in front of a man, where do his eyes gaze first and why? What judgment can you make about a man based on his hands? Why can a seemingly beautiful person be such a physical turn off? Why do women flip their hair when sexually […]
Researchers have invented an inexpensive device that can accurately diagnose malaria within minutes by using only a droplet of blood, according to a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine. The new technique could detect malaria and aid in its treatment in remote areas where conventional testing equipment is not always […]
(Satire) The field of psychology was brought to an immediate halt this week as disillusioned and weary practitioners of the discipline reportedly concluded that the mind could never possibly hope to study itself. Abandoning more than a century of clinical research, theoretical developments, and observational studies, psychologists worldwide announced […]
