Through instruments such as the telescope and microscope, humans have been able to learn about organisms and the physical world they live in.
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2017
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What's the point of smart assistants and intelligent electricity meters if people don't use them correctly? In order to cope with the energy transition, we need a combination of digital technologies and smart user behaviour ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 10, 2017
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For us humans, it goes without saying that we reward others as an indication of the gratitude we feel towards them. Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology and for Mathematics in the Sciences ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2017
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Altruism based on individual values is changing Western society. People in Western countries have seen a rise in individualism for quite some time, and this in turn helps to create generations of people with altruistic mindsets. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2017
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Want to recycle or compost more? Try moving the bins closer, new UBC research suggests.
Environment
Apr 21, 2017
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The social ability of dogs is affected by genes that also seems to influence human behaviour, according to a new study from Linköping University in Sweden. The scientists have found a relationship between five different ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2016
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Oscar Wilde may have considered consistency "the last refuge of the unimaginative" in human behaviour, but when it comes to fish, the element of predictability is critical. Such are the findings of new research led by the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2016
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The basic components of communication are transmitter, receiver, code, message, channel and context. This setup is the same for communication between humans and machines. In fact, this concept of human-machine communication ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2016
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Is it possible to predict whether someone will commit a crime some time in the future? It sounds like an idea from the 2002 science-fiction movie Minority Report.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2016
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How do sex differences arise? Few questions animate as much disagreement and contention, in everyday society and in academic study. For as long as the question has been asked, the answers have fallen between two extremes: ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2016
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