The Catholic church is estimated to own twenty percent of all real estate in Italy, and a quarter of all real estate in Rome.

Does the presence of a mannequin head change shopping behavior?

Expressing anger might lead men to gain influence, but women to lose influence over others (even when making identical arguments)

How jurors can be misled by emotional testimony and gruesome photos

The assumption that people who watch porn are more likely to hold negative or sexist views of women has been challenged by a recent study in the Journal of Sex Research

Scientists identify potential birth control ‘pill’ for men

Losing weight is hard — and it’s getting harder. That’s not an excuse, a group of researchers say, it’s science. When comparing people with the same diets in 1971 and 2008, the more recent counterpart was on average 10 percent heavier.

Researchers have discovered a surprisingly simple way to get kids to eat more veggies

Adolescents with a bedroom television reported more television viewing time, less physical activity, poorer dietary habits, fewer family meals, and poorer school performance

Paralyzed man uses own brainwaves to walk again – no exoskeleton required

An Alfred Hitchcock film helped to prove one patient had been conscious while in a coma-like state for 16 years

Network scientists have discovered how social networks can create the illusion that something is common when it is actually rare

Meet The Man Who Invents Languages For A Living

Robert Samuel, founder of Same Ole Line Dudes, makes up to $1,000 a week to stand in line

Explore Manhattan When It Was Just Forests and Creeks With the 1609 Welikia Map

Martian Life Could Be a Biotech Bonanza

Switzerland begins postal delivery by drone

Gigantic wooden megaphones amplify the sounds of nature

Attention teachers: never assign your class to paint “candlelight”

The Pope comes to America

every day the same again | October 2nd, 2015