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Waiting wins love
Waiting is hard. Kids obviously have trouble waiting but adults too struggle with delaying gratification. Politicians find it very hard to wait and do appalling Machiavellian things as a ...
News from: Psychological Science
Multivitamins pack multi-benefits
The publication of a review of multivitamins by the consumer group Choice sparked quite a bit of media attention in August this year. The sorts of headlines that followed ...
News from: Archives of Internal Medicine
The honest hormone
Testosterone gets blamed for lots of things: war, sexism, lust, competitiveness, and aggression spring to mind, none of which are particular high points of the human condition. So let ...
News from: PLoS ONE
The language of growth
Language is an amazing thing and it is the thing that distinguishes human beings from all other life forms. Whereas other species communicate through ritualised and repetitious songs, calls, ...
News from: Lund University
Apples lower cholesterol
The old English adage goes that an apple before going to bed will make the doctor beg his bread. It seems unlikely that many doctors these days would be ...
News from: Journal of Functional Foods
Happiness is…
What makes you happy? Perhaps it is the first coffee of the morning that constitutes happiness to you? Maybe it is finding a pair of pants that makes your ...
News from: University of Warwick
Boo-oo-ring!
There are certain times in life that are less exciting than others. Some staff meetings for instance, are less interesting than watching a block of cheese. Magazines in dentist’s ...
News from: Perspectives on Psychological Science
Smart snails
Snails are an underrated creature. Yes, a few snails climbing up the outside of your flower pots may lack the grandeur of a herd of wildebeest sweeping across the ...
News from: Journal of Experimental Biology
Oil spill cleaning
Oil spills remind us how delicately the ecology of the planet is balanced. They also make it clear how many human activities place that balance at peril and how ...
News from: Energy & Fuels
Watermelon weighs in
Despite all the individual differences that exist between us there are some universal commonalities. One of these connecting concerns is that everyone wants to keep their weight at healthy ...
News from: Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Stroke a tomato today
Tomatoes serve no end of purposes: they are essential for a bruschetta, add something wonderful to a gaspacho, bring a dash of colour to your kitchen decor, can be ...
News from: Neurology
Squeeze out the pressure
Let’s face it: elite athletes have a good life. Sure, you have to train hard but then there’s all of the benefits that arise from physical training. You become ...
News from: Journal of Experimental Psychology
It’s not easy being teen
Fear is a normal response to some aspects of life. It is healthy to fear middle-aged men in lederhosen. Fear is also a rational response to American evangelists who ...
News from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Exercise your mind
Exercise is vital at any time of life. It is exercise that develops a child’s body and helps it acquire healthy bones and muscles. As you age exercise also ...
News from: Clinical Psychological Science
Stone Age dentistry
The prospect of a visit to the dentist is enough to make even the hardiest of souls turn a delicate shade of lime at the corner of the eyes. ...
News from: PLoS ONE
Anti-oxidants are pro-heart
Antioxidants come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. There are the polyphenols found in grapes, the lycopene found in tomatoes, the vitamin C in capsicum, or the ...
News from: The American Journal of Medicine
Why mud sticks
There have been some odious occupations throughout human history. Earning your keep as an executioner was pretty low. Being a “torturer”, whether sponsored by state or church, wasn’t something ...
News from: Psychological Science in the Public Interest
Facebook breakup
Facebook shares may not be doing so well but the social media website continues to flourish. With approaching one billion users Facebook is an immensely popular tool and with ...
News from: Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking
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