Tag: study
Humor done right helps in the classroom, 99% of students report. Bad humor hurts
In news today: people still like jokes.
Recents studies show how coffee is good for your health
The idea that coffee is good for you is not a new one.
Peer to your peers for motivation, not your teachers, if you actually want to study
Surprisingly, getting neither isn't that bad for your results.
Shaky science: 9 Retracted Studies That Left a Big Mark
Image via Wikipedia. Scientific publishing is a competitive environment, under heavy scrutiny from reviewers, editor and ...
Be careful, kids – high grades are contagious
Highschool students whose friends have higher grades than them have a significant tendency to raise their own grades over the ...
Increase Your Memory… With a Pill?
What if you could increase your ability to remember with a pill? This may not be an idea just for ...
Caffeine consumption linked to hallucinations
You can't believe everything people say, but you sometimes can't even believe what you hear, especially if you've had 3 ...
The colour red increases speed and strength of reactions
What can possibly link together speed, strength, and the colour red ? Nope, it's not a brand new Ferrari - ...
Study shows one in five drivers would fail written test
If every driver in the US would be required to take the test today, almost 20% of them would fail, ...
Monkeys have regrets too
Much like humans, monkeys too exhibit signs of regret, and they wonder themselves what might have been, according to a ...
1 in 5 young adults suffering from high blood pressure in the US
Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found that more and more young adults are suffering from a ...
Research unveils increased rate of autism
Autism is still yet poorly understood, and researchers are just starting to figure out the mechanisms behind this strange condition ...
Antarctica threatened by alien species invasion
First of all, don't think of alien species as extraterrestrials; if you came here wanting to hear about that - ...
Lap dance study yields surprising results
This is one of those studies which makes you realize that being a researcher definitely has some unexpdected perks; it ...
Justice served cold before lunch time: hungry judges less likely to grant parole
Law is a highly demanding field, in which its practitioners are required to have an objective and stoic approach at ...
Approximately 1 in 50 researchers falsifies or modifies data in studies
The topic of modification of data in scientific research is definitely a hot one; the frequency at which researchers fabricate ...
Girls aren’t good at math: the stereotype
Girls like pink, boys like blue. Girls have long hair, boys have short hair. And so on, so on - ...
Researchers look at hibertnating bears for the first time
Bears are some of the most amazing and loved animals out there, and to find out that up until a ...
Antimatter captured at CERN
For physicists, antimatter is probably the most valuable substance ever; the slightest bit of it could provide extremely valuable information ...