Improved thinking. Decreased appetite. Lowered blood pressure. The potential health benefits of dark chocolate keep piling up, and scientists are now homing in on what ingredients in chocolate might help prevent obesity, ...
Biochemistry
Apr 2, 2014
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In today's tough job market, more job-seekers could be facing interview questions like this: Why are manholes round? Or how many barbershops are there in San Francisco?
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2012
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A new study shows that eighth-grade girls are better than boys at thinking through problems and using technology to solve them.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2016
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The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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How can employees' working time be organized to enable them to perform in the best possible way when completing both creative and routine tasks? Two economists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) ...
Economics & Business
May 23, 2019
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Young women seem to be less drawn to degrees in science or technology. But what is putting them off? A sociological study at UZH has revealed that outdated gender stereotypes—such as supposed differences in analytical thinking—play ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2023
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Daily interactions require bargaining, be it for food, money or even making plans. These situations inevitably lead to a conflict of interest as both parties seek to maximise their gains. To deal with them, we need to understand ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2014
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The younger generation of workers, although raised with and on technology, are not as technology savvy as the older generations believe.
Economics & Business
May 19, 2021
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Citizen groups acting as consultants to industry would do well to hold onto a little healthy mistrust to keep debate and critical thinking alive, says a University of Alberta researcher.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2010
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General Motors' planned shutdown of its Detroit-Hamtramck plant would leave only one auto assembly factory in the city known for "putting America on wheels," but the closure and job losses are not expected to stall-out Detroit's ...
Business
Dec 9, 2018
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