The ever-deepening rift between the political left- and right-wing has long been puzzling theorists in political science and opinion dynamics. An international team led by researchers of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2020
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Human tendency to adopt the behaviour of others when on their home territory has been found in non-human primates. Researchers at the University of St Andrews observed 'striking' fickleness in male monkeys, when it comes ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2013
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In the virtual world of Second Life, female avatars expose substantially more skin than males, independent of their virtual body proportions, according to research published December 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE ...
Social Sciences
Dec 26, 2012
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Something is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is increasingly characterized by highly polarized, informationally insulated ideological communities occupying their own factual ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2020
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Studying events like the 2008 financial crisis in hindsight leads many to ask, "How could they have gotten it so wrong?"
Economics & Business
May 29, 2015
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Producing retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells is now possible thanks to a team of researchers led by Yoshiki Sasai of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2012
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Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country's ineffective pandemic response on an American "anti-science bias." ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's gaze - `gaze ...
Feb 2, 2009
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A new study by researchers at the University of St Andrews and the Central European University in Vienna has revealed that chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronize their steps when walking alongside ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2022
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We lead busy, complex lives. But how many different places will you visit today? And how many different ways could you organise your travel between those places?
Computer Sciences
May 9, 2013
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