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331.jpgSmart glasses let nurses see veins through skin.

Women’s expectations of the opposite sex are at least as unrealistic as men’s.

For a mother, the smell of a newborn baby — not even her own, according to this study — provides a dose of dopamine and fills her with feelings of positivity and well-being, which acts as a reward for cuddling and snuggling the baby.

New research has shown that people who are not accustomed to holding power are more likely to be vengeful when placed in charge. Experienced power-holders, on the other hand, were found to be more tolerant of perceived wrongdoing.

What makes for a beautiful visage, and why, may have been discovered accidentally on a Russian fur farm.

The Macbeth Effect (when feelings of moral disgust provoke a desire for physical cleansing): A failure to replicate the Macbeth Effect across three continents.

An article in The Observer about our tendency to perceive meaning where there is none.

Where is language located in the brain? There are two sides to this story.

Tickling yourself is impossible.

Odds of being murdered closely tied to your social network.

Multilevel study finds no link between minimum wage and crime rates.

Inside the world of the double-crossing fake hitman.

I know of no other account of any decipherment that gives a clearer idea for nonspecialists of how some of the detailed technicalities of the process actually work. Margalit Fox’s account of the decipherment of Linear B.
The experiment that led to the concept of “Thinking Outside the Box.”

Is Google’s Secretive Research Lab Working on Human-Dolphin Communication?

Snails high on acid make poor choices, get eaten by predators.

If you use the surface as a table then your computer can bring you real objects such as your mobile phone.

Burberry has teamed up with Google to let people capture their kisses by direct contact with their touch screen device.

Couponer, Hipster, Superparent, Pseudo-Foodie… Archetypes in the restaurant industry.
12 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes About Grammar Mistakes Makes.

‘Because’ has become a preposition, because grammar.

In traditional print, the distinction is easy: a font was a typeface set at a certain size, weight and style and cast in metal. There was no way to buy just a typeface. Instead you bought a font: Garamond Bold at 13 points.

Knitting for ants.





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