Raise their sons to become better men in order to ensure equal lives for...
Norwegian-Pakistani mothers who never got the chance to realise their ambitions on the job market have other plans for their own daughters. This particularly affects the way they raise their sons.
View ArticleIs this the kind of world we actually want?
An emotion detector which, potentially, can tell whether a person really finds you attractive on a first date has been created by researchers at Lancaster University.
View ArticleNorthern Galápagos Islands Home to World’s Largest Shark Biomass
Scientists from the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) and the National Geographic Society revealed that the northern Galápagos islands of Darwin and Wolf are home to the largest shark biomass...
View ArticleBauer releases new helmet, best performance according to Virginia Tech’s...
The latest hockey helmet to be released, the Bauer RE-AKT 75, is the best performing helmet on the consumer market according to the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings system developed by Virginia Tech...
View ArticleShaping the way Europe prevents violence against women
Lancaster University researchers are shaping the way Europe collects data on and carries out research about violence against women.
View ArticleFive ways Game of Thrones’ The Mountain’s diet can make you mighty
Health and exercise scientists from the University of Stirling have analysed the daily diet of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson who plays “The Mountain” in Games of Thrones and looked at how it can be applied...
View ArticleHow can we recognize and treat emerging psychosis early?
""It is essential for the benefit of patients and society to recognize an emerging psychosis early and provide appropriate treatment. This new volume reviews early detection approaches and possible...
View ArticleThe Art of Relationships
27/05/2016, A film and musical celebration of Enduring Love, portraying the themes of this wide-ranging research project as part of Citizenship and Governance Research at The Open University. As part...
View ArticleBehavioural Economists Create Model Of Our Desire To Make Sense Of It All
Researchers have identified a powerful human motive that has not been adequately appreciated by social and behavioural scientists: the drive to make sense of our lives and the world around us.
View ArticleUnion bargaining coverage has a positive impact on some aspects of job...
Academics from University College London and the University of Westminster find that union bargaining coverage has significant positive associations with job satisfaction regarding pay and hours.
View Article‘Embed innovation in society at an upstream stage’
If we don’t find ways to shape science and innovation in tune with widely shared social values, future changes will commonly be driven by the power of incumbent interests and the delegation of ‘the...
View ArticleFinding digital business models simply
Fraunhofer method identifies new digital business models with a smart data approach Digital Scout is a new instrument that Fraunhofer IAO has developed for monitoring digital business models emerging...
View ArticleEmotions in the age of Botox
Botulin injections in the facial muscles, which relax expression lines and make one’s skin appear younger as a result of a mild paralysis, have another, not easily predictable effect: they undermine...
View ArticleSocial engineering: password in exchange for chocolate
It requires a lot of effort and expense for computer hackers to program a Trojan virus and infiltrate individual or company computers. They are therefore increasingly relying on psychological...
View ArticleMigrant money puts aid in the shade
New research shows international remittances have poverty and inequality-reducing effects in Sub-Saharan Africa
View ArticleLoneliness in midlife - the risk of becoming lonely is not limited to old age
Maike Luhmann from the University of Cologne and Louise C. Hawkley from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago were able to find out in which phases of their lives people are...
View ArticleGloucestershire researchers to lead international workshop on food security
Researchers at the University of Gloucestershire have secured funding from the UK's Newton Fund to work with researchers from Egypt and South Africa on understanding water and food security issues. The...
View ArticlePrenatal Stress Could Enhance Protective Mechanisms of Babies
Maternal stress and depression during pregnancy may activate certain protective mechanisms in babies. Psychologists from the University of Basel together with international colleagues report that...
View ArticleGirls from progressive societies do better at maths, study finds
Published today in the American Economic Review, the research shows that the performance gap between girls and boys is far less pronounced in societies that hold progressive and egalitarian views about...
View ArticlePsychologie: Die Macht der Erwartungen
„Du bist viel unempfindlicher gegen Schmerzen als andere!“ Wer das versichert bekommt, hält Schmerzen danach besser aus. Wie stark sich Erwartungen auswirken können, wird am Institut für Psychologie...
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