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Human Quirks: Living Well
April 21, 2021
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Wisdom, Loneliness and Your Intestinal Multitude

Mar. 25, 2021 — Scientists have taken the connection between wisdom, loneliness and biology one step further, reporting that wisdom and loneliness appear to influence -- and/or be influenced by -- microbial ...

Facial Recognition ID With a Twist: Smiles, Winks and Other Facial Movements for Access

Mar. 18, 2021 — Concurrent Two-Factor Identity Verification requires both one's facial identity and a specific facial motion to gain access. To set it up, a user ...

Can't Solve a Riddle? The Answer Might Lie in Knowing What Doesn't Work

Mar. 4, 2021 — With the help of about 200 human puzzle-takers, a computer model and functional MRI images, researchers have learned more about the processes of reasoning and decision making, pinpointing the brain ...

Real-Time Dialogue With a Dreaming Person Is Possible

Feb. 18, 2021 — Dreams take us to what feels like a different reality. They also happen while we're fast asleep. So, you might not expect that a person in the midst of a vivid dream would be able to perceive ...
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People Affected by COVID-19 Are Being Nicer to Machines

Mar. 22, 2021 — Researchers report that people affected by COVID-19 show more goodwill to humans and to human-like autonomous machines. The findings suggest that the coronavirus crisis helped close the gap between ...

Virtual Avatar Coaching With Community Context for Adult-Child Dyads

Mar. 8, 2021 — Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to and extend the reach of nutrition education programs to children at risk for obesity, according to a new ...

What Happens to Your Body During Tailgating

Jan. 21, 2021 — Researchers simulated a tailgating situation with a small group of overweight but healthy men and examined the impact of the eating and drinking on their livers using blood tests and a liver ...

A Robotic Revolution for Urban Nature

Jan. 4, 2021 — Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and ...

A Drop in Temperature

Oct. 28, 2020 — In the nearly two centuries since 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37.0 degrees Celsius) was established as the standard 'normal' body temperature, it has been used as the measure by which fevers ...

Hot-Button Words Trigger Conservatives and Liberals Differently

Oct. 20, 2020 — Researchers have linked a brain region to what they call neural polarization, offering a glimpse into the partisan brain in the weeks leading up to what is arguably the most consequential U.S. ...

Those Funky Cheese Smells Allow Microbes to 'Talk' to and Feed Each Other

Oct. 16, 2020 — Researchers found that bacteria essential to ripening cheese can sense and respond to compounds produced by fungi in the rind and released into the air, enhancing the growth of some species of ...

Earphone Tracks Facial Expressions, Even With a Face Mask

Oct. 13, 2020 — Researchers have invented an earphone that can continuously track full facial expressions by observing the contour of the cheeks - and can then translate expressions into emojis or silent speech ...

Feline Friendly? How to Build Rap-Paw With Your Cat

Oct. 7, 2020 — A team of psychologists have discovered a new way for humans to bond with ...

Fecal Transplantation Can Restore the Gut Microbiota of C-Section Babies

Oct. 1, 2020 — Birth by Cesarean section is detrimental to normal gut microbiota development. Researchers demonstrated that the intestinal microbiota development can be restored by postnatal, orally-delivered ...

Researchers Develop Simple Method to 3D Print Milk Products

Sep. 18, 2020 — Additive free, multimaterial 3D printing is achieved for milk-based products without temperature ...

Brain Circuitry Underlying Dissociative Experiences

Sep. 16, 2020 — Scientists identified key brain circuitry that plays a role in the mysterious experience called dissociation, in which people can feel disconnected from their own body and from ...

More Cats Might Be COVID-19 Positive Than First Believed, Study Suggests

Sep. 9, 2020 — A newly published study looking at cats in Wuhan, where the first known outbreak of COVID-19 began, shows more cats might be contracting the disease than first ...

Tool Transforms World Landmark Photos Into 4D Experiences

Sep. 9, 2020 — Using publicly available tourist photos of world landmarks such as the Trevi Fountain in Rome or Top of the Rock in New York City, researchers have developed a method to create maneuverable 3D images ...

How 'Swapping Bodies' With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

Aug. 26, 2020 — A new study shows that, when pairs of friends swapped bodies in a perceptual illusion, their beliefs about their own personalities became more similar to their beliefs about their friends' ...

Using a Public Restroom? Mask Up!

Aug. 18, 2020 — Researchers report that flushing public restroom toilets can release clouds of virus-laden aerosols for you to potentially inhale. After running additional computer simulations, they've ...

Evolutionary Theory of Economic Decisions

Aug. 11, 2020 — When survival over generations is the end game, researchers say it makes sense to undervalue long shots that could be profitable and overestimate the likelihood of rare bad ...

'Drawn-on-Skin' Electronics Offer Breakthrough in Wearable Monitors

July 30, 2020 — Researchers have reported a new form of electronics known as 'drawn-on-skin electronics,' allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink ...

New Fabric Could Help Keep You Cool in the Summer, Even Without A/C

July 29, 2020 — Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity consumption in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Now, researchers have ...

Neanderthals May Have Had a Lower Threshold for Pain

July 23, 2020 — Nerve cells have a special ion channel that has a key role in starting the electrical impulse that signals pain and is sent to the brain. New research finds that people who inherited the Neanderthal ...
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