Women's appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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In the past, forced or arranged marriages meant that socially inept, unattractive men did not have to acquire social skills in order to find a long-term love interest. Today, men must be able to turn on the charm if they ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2018
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Differences in social status and political belief increase paranoid interpretations of other people's actions, finds a new UCL experimental study.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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Antipsychotic drugs—which transformed mental health care following their chance discovery in the mid-20th Century—may finally be poised for a long-overdue makeover incorporating structure-based design. Scientists funded ...
Biochemistry
Jan 31, 2018
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130
Your next doctor could very well be a bot. And bots, or automated programs, are likely to play a key role in finding cures for some of the most difficult-to-treat diseases and conditions.
Computer Sciences
Jun 19, 2017
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591
A number of new links between families of genes and brain size have been identified by UK scientists, opening up a whole new avenue of research to better understand brain development and diseases like dementia.
Biotechnology
Oct 5, 2016
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Research carried out by scientists from The University of Western Australia, the University of Oxford and University College London will help better understand how light detection works in vertebrates.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2015
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224
Facebook can help people recover from mental health problems but it needs to be used cautiously and strategically as it can also make symptoms worse, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2015
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167
A new study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, has identified a rural community in Brazil that still follows the earlier sleep and wake times similar to pre-industrial times.
Other
Mar 18, 2015
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102
Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an innovative approach to turn any computer or smartphone with a camera into a personal mental health monitoring device.
Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2015
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