The musical ages of modern man: how our taste in music changes over a lifetime
New research charting broad shifts in changing personal music tastes during our lifetimes finds that – while it’s intrinsically linked to personality and experience…
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In children who stutter, brain development differs
(Edmonton) A new study by a University of Alberta researcher shows that children who stutter have less grey matter in key regions of the…
New research suggests that high dietary intake of polyphenols are associated with longevity
It is the first time that a scientific study associates high polyphenols intake with a 30% reduction in mortality in older adults. The research,…
Anxiety In Your Head Could Come From Your Gut By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Dr. James Greenblatt, a Boston-area psychiatrist, had a puzzling case: a teenager arrived in his office with severe obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as…
Children learn best during real-time interaction, new study finds By Kim Fischer
It’s good news for grandparents across the country and the world: Young children readily learn new words in conversations through live video chat technology,…
Scientists create never-before-seen light-saber-like matter (Great read for STARWARS fans)
Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom about light, and they didn’t need to go to a galaxy far, far away to…
Adolescent Learning By Andrew Fuller
Ideally you would like to have a brain that has the organisational skills of Henry Ford, the planning skills of Hilary Clinton, the humour…
The good news: there’s a new natural antibiotic. The bad news: it’s made of termite poop nest material
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For some 50 years, scientists have tried — but failed — to find a way to use microbes as a means…
Happiness and the patterns of life: a study of geolocated tweets
The patterns of life exhibited by large populations have been described and modeled both as a basic science exercise and for a range of…
Positive emotion influences a depressive-to-happy state, increases life satisfaction
By combining the experience of self-reported positive and negative emotions among 1,400 US-residents, researchers created four affective profiles which they then used to discern…