Science

Saving psychology

The Reproducibility Project aims to bring back research replication, essential for good science, back to psychology

Kayt Sukel, Pacific Standard Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 7:02 PM UTC
Social Pacific Standard, Psychology

Caltech physicist slams government on marijuana research

Scientist: If all science ran like marijuana research is being run, creationists would oversee paleontology digs

Natasha Lennard Monday, Feb 25, 2013 8:22 PM UTC
News marijuana, Medical Marijuana, DEA

Creationism, Ayn Rand and gun control: Actual laws proposed this month

In Missouri, it would be a felony to propose gun control. Oklahoma wants to protect students from science. Really

David Daley Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 1:26 PM UTC 167
Business Ayn Rand, Gun Control

Is porn addiction real?

A video reveals that compulsively watching porn can have the same effect on the brain as drug or alcohol addiction VIDEO

Bryan Le, The Fix Friday, Feb 22, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 22
Technology The Fix, Science, technology, porn

Why don’t people want to elect economists to run stuff?

Because everyone hates them

Alex Pareene Monday, Feb 18, 2013 8:09 PM UTC 44
Politics Politics, Economics, Science

Maybe dogs really can talk!

New studies show dogs really are trying to communicate with us -- regardless of our ability to understand

Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 44
Life Books, dogs, Science, Noble Beasts

Study: Are some people born conservative?

A new study suggests that our political leanings could be a product of how our brains are wired

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Feb 15, 2013 7:56 PM UTC 68
Life Politics, Science, Brain Science

Sorry, men and women probably can’t be friends

Can opposite-sex friendships ever be truly platonic? A new study says the answer might be split by gender

Adrian F. Ward, Scientific American Friday, Feb 15, 2013 11:09 AM UTC 42
Life Scientific American

Happy birthday, Charles Darwin

The English naturalist would have been 204 today. To celebrate, a roundup of the people who hate his guts SLIDE SHOW

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 6:56 PM UTC
Life slideshow, Darwin, Science

Scientists release most precise date of dinosaur extinction

New radiometric dating analysis shows the creatures disappearing some 66,038,000 years ago

Samantha Stainburn, GlobalPost Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Technology GlobalPost, Dinosaurs, Science

Is your dog smarter than other dogs?

The "Dognition" app is crowdsourcing data from around the world and turning pet owners into amateur scientists

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 10:08 PM UTC
Life dogs, Animals, intelligence

Science’s epic win of a week

Richard III, Mary Ingalls and the Black Dahlia all make headlines thanks to new discoveries

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 14
Life Richard III, Mary Ingalls

Should we medicate parents to prevent divorce?

An Oxford ethicist argues taking "love-enhancing" drugs could be a moral imperative for modern parents

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Feb 1, 2013 7:04 PM UTC 12
Life Love, Marriage, Divorce, Science

3D design, at the click of a button

Tinkercad, a software used for drafting 3D models, touts itself as the world's first browser-based design program VIDEO

An Xiao, Hyperallergic Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 11:00 PM UTC
Technology Video, Hyperallergic, 3d Printing

Building a mummy from scratch

Through anthropological analysis, 3D printing and facial reconstruction, scientists are "resurrecting" real mummies

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jan 25, 2013 6:39 PM UTC
Life mummies, Egypt, History, Science

Do our genes make us more sensitive?

New research shows that a series of genetic mutations may dictate how susceptible we are to our environments.

Scott Barry Kaufman and Ph.D., Alternet Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:40 PM UTC
Technology Science, AlterNet, Genetics

The science behind wanting to squeeze adorable things

Cute aggression is real. That chubby cat jumping through soda boxes could make you a danger to yourself VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:34 PM UTC
Life Video, cute, Cats, cute animals

A drug can make sleep optional

Who benefits from a society that wants to regulate or govern alertness?

Marc Herman, Pacific Standard Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:07 PM UTC 19
Social Pacific Standard, Modafinil

Can tweeting help you lose weight?

A new study suggests the anonymity and social structure of Twitter might help users stick to their diet

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Life Health, Science, Research, weight

Study: Feeling threatened makes us nicer

New research suggests that perceived menace makes people kinder to their kin but nastier to outsiders

Luciana Gravotta, Scientific American Monday, Jan 21, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Science

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