Bickel found that sentence structures that caused the brain to perform more work were not favored over time in their review of over 600 languages. Specifically, there was a universal human bias away from the use of ergatives in speech.
Pew poll shows gap in opinion between scientists and the public.
A University of Washington study published last month in Social Psychology examined the reaction of college-age men to threats against their masculinity. Researchers found that men who were shown falsely low results on a strength test were likely to exaggerate their height by an average of three quarters of an inch while emphasizing aggressive, ‘masculine’ traits.
Researchers examined “levels of racism,” quantified by the proportion of Google searches containing the “n-word,” for whether it was a predictor of Black mortality and determined that it definitely might be.
Researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to read 2000 year old scrolls recovered from the ash of Mount Vesuvius without opening them using a non-invasive technique of X-ray phase contrast tomography.
The capsule was buried in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State house in 1795 and discovered by workers in the present day as they were repairing a water leak.
Diversity in a marketplace can help avoid bubbles, according to a study published by Prof. Evan Apfelbaum in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Three University of California researchers recently published a paper in the journal Science describing experiments conducted to study the impact of phrasing on charitable contributions.
A study published in Clinical Psychological Science found that alcohol consumption makes men more receptive to rewarding social behavior like smiling. The findings suggest that this may be a contributing factor to drinking problems in men.
The Ten Commandments. Car-hackers. John of God. A brilliant parrot. Here are a few items which we could not get to for Episode #479.