News tagged with personality changes

Personality change key to improving well-being

People's personalities can change considerably over time, say scientists, suggesting that leopards really can change their spots.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows humans still evolving

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence of human evolution and rapid genetic changes suggesting that, contrary to modern claims, technological and cu ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 57 | with audio podcast report

Australia begins selling pollution tax

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard began Monday the mammoth task of selling a bold new tax on carbon emissions to sceptical voters, in a battle that could make or break her fragile rule.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 20

New parallelization technique boosts our ability to model biological systems

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for using multi-core chips more efficiently, significantly enhancing a computer's ability to build computer models of biological systems. The technique ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Antidepressant Can Change Patient's Personality

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Fish with attitude: Some like it hot

Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shifts in consumer spending and saving will usher in a new economic era

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumer spending will lag rather than lead the recovery from the current recession, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0