A recipe for friendship: Similar food
How do you build rapport with a new employer or someone on a first date? It turns out that there may be a simple strategy that's often overlooked: eat the same food as your companion.
How do you build rapport with a new employer or someone on a first date? It turns out that there may be a simple strategy that's often overlooked: eat the same food as your companion.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2016
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Relationship satisfaction and the energy devoted to keeping a partner are dependent on how the partner compares with other potential mates, a finding that relates to evolution's stronghold on modern relationship psychology, ...
Evolution
May 17, 2016
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When migrants move, they often try to keep eating their native cuisine. But a new study from an MIT professor reveals an economic tension underneath this practice: Migrants who hang on to their old cuisines often pay more ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2016
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Fewer men and women in Brazil value marriage and having offspring when selecting a mate, according to a University of Alabama psychologist.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2016
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Too much confidence is placed in economic games, according to research by academics at Oxford University.
Social Sciences
Jan 21, 2016
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New research looks at the status of the 16 currently recognized freshwater mussel species in Europe, finding that information is unevenly distributed with considerable differences in data quality and quantity among countries ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2016
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Worried about the low sex drive of giant pandas in zoos, scientists have tried many things to get them in the mood—not least Viagra and "panda porn".
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2015
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Quokkas (Setonix brachyurus) in the southern forests between Nannup and Denmark are partial to different habitats to their cousins in the northern jarrah forests, highlighting the need for tailored conservation techniques ...
Ecology
Nov 13, 2015
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Individuals make more conservative choices when the decisions they make affect other people, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Economics & Business
Sep 18, 2015
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Eight people across the U.S. who registered to use Ashley Madison are suing the website for cheaters after hackers released personal and detailed information of millions of users, including financial data and sexual proclivities.
Security
Aug 25, 2015
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