From the University of Kansas media release: Compulsory schooling laws instituted in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused more people in Northern states to marry people at their same education level and race, possibly contributing…
From the The Endocrine Society media release: People who have diabetes and experience high rates of complications are more likely to develop dementia as they age than people who have fewer diabetic complications, according to…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: “Gaydar” — the purported ability to infer whether people are gay or straight based on their appearance — seemed to get a scientific boost from a 2008 study that…
From the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology media release: The thrill is part of the game — whoever waits for his bid to be accepted on online auction platforms, feels the excitement in the bidding war for…
From the Taylor & Francis media release: In recent years, there’s been plenty of discussion about bias in the media. Yet some of the most seemingly biased media and news organizations also have the largest viewership…
From the King’s College London media release: One in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels — over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each…
From the Oxford University Press USA media release: With the number of individuals affected by cognitive decline expected to rise over the next few decades, investigating its potential causes is of major public health interest.…
From the Aalto University media release: Sustainability and enjoyment are at least as important as economic benefits for participating in the sharing economy. People are motivated to participate in the sharing economy because of its…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign media release: In the summer of 2012, Olga Kotelko, a 93-year-old Canadian track-and-field athlete with more than 30 world records in her age group, visited the Beckman Institute for…
From the Concordia University media release: There are fewer smokers in the current generation of adolescents. Current figures show about 25 per cent of teens smoke, down dramatically from 40 per cent in 1987. But…