Philosophy classes can affect real-world behavior, study finds
College philosophy classes may open your mind to new ways of thinking. But can they really affect how you behave?
Education
Jul 12, 2019
1
0
News tagged with control group
Shared e-cargo bikes: Boom and barriers in Basel
Sustainable means of mobility are becoming ever more popular. In Switzerland, around 15,000 people have registered with the online platform carvelo2go, which hires out electric cargo bikes. The use of this sharing service ...
Business
Jul 10, 2019
0
0
How big data can help you choose better health insurance
There are plenty of easy consumer choices. Paper clips: easy. Dish sponges: easy. Those products sit at one end of the spectrum. At the other end, impossibly distant, is health insurance.
Machine Learning & AI
Jul 03, 2019
0
1
Viewing pornography at work increases unethical behavior on the job
New research discovers employees who view pornography on the job aren't just costing companies millions of dollars in wasted time, they're causing harm to the company.
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2019
2
0
Flies go all-in to overcome mitochondrial genetic mutation, reach adulthood
New research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has revealed how fruit fly larvae with a seemingly fatal flaw can survive and advance to adulthood.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2019
1
36
How a simple psychological intervention could help boost school grades for low-income students
A joint research team of psychologists from the University of Sussex and the London School of Economics may have found a highly effective way to help school students from low-income families improve their academic grades. ...
Education
Jun 06, 2019
0
2
CBD clinical trial results on seizure frequency in dogs 'encouraging'
Promising and exciting. Those are the words used by Dr. Stephanie McGrath to describe findings from a pilot study to assess the use of cannabidiol, or CBD, for dogs with epilepsy.
Veterinary medicine
May 21, 2019
0
4
Climate education for kids increases climate concerns for parents
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases their parents' concerns about climate change.
Environment
May 06, 2019
3
65
Putin signs controversial internet law
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a "sovereign internet" bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country's internet, a move decried by rights groups.
Internet
May 01, 2019
0
18
Purifying water with graphene
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology and colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figured out that graphene is capable of purifying water, ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2019
0
165
