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·September 19, 2018·3 min read

Premature Brains Develop Differently in Boys and Girls

A new study reports the brains of baby boys born prematurely are affected differently and more severely than premature females.

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·July 31, 2018·3 min read

Hate Speech From Women is Judged Harsher than From Men

A new study reports women who make hateful remarks on social media are more likely to be judged more severely than men who make the same comments.

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·July 12, 2018·3 min read

Voters Don’t Always Walk the Talk When it Comes to Infidelity

A new study reveals those with libertarian views are more likely to use adultery dating websites than those of other political persuasions. Researchers report those who claim more sexually conservative values are, paradoxically, more sexually deviant when it comes to fidelity than their more sexually liberated peers.

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·June 28, 2018·3 min read

New Mechanism to Explain the Spread of Alzheimer’s Discovered

Researchers report exosomes help neuron-to-neuron growth and the transfer of oligomer amyloid beta, resulting in apoptosis. The study reveals exosomes may be a primary mediator of the pathogenic progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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·June 20, 2018·3 min read

Dogs Understand What’s Written All Over Your Face

A new study reports dogs use different parts of their brains to process negative and positive emotional cues in human facial expressions.

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·June 3, 2018·3 min read

Older Men with Higher Levels of Sex Hormones Could Be Less Religious

Men with higher levels of testosterone and DHEA in blood and saliva samples had weaker religious ties than those with lower levels of the same sex hormones, a new study reports.

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·May 16, 2018·3 min read

Intimacy in Later Life Does Not Slow Memory Loss

A new study reveals there is no link between sexual activity in older adults and slowing the progression of age related cognitive decline.

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·April 24, 2018·4 min read

Stricter Gun Control Could Stop Violent Men Killing Their Partners and Themselves

A study that utilizes 10 years of data on intimate partner homicide reveals men who have a history of domestic violence and access to guns have an increased risk of committing murder-suicide. Restricting gun access to men with a history of domestic battery could reduce murder suicide rates, researchers report.

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·April 20, 2018·3 min read

Study Shows Rapid Rise in Mass School Shootings in the US

A new study reveals alarming trends related to the growing number of school shootings in the US. Since 2000, there have been more deaths related to school shootings than in the entire 20th Century, researchers report.

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·March 16, 2018·4 min read

Daily Dose of Violent Video Games Has No Long Term Effect on Adult Aggression

A long term study finds no link between frequently playing violent video games and increased levels of aggression in adults.

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·March 13, 2018·3 min read

Is the Pursuit of Happiness Making You Unhappy?

A new study reports those who actively pursue happiness often feel as they don't have enough time in the day to achieve their goals, resulting in them feeling less happy.

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·March 9, 2018·3 min read

Can’t Sleep? It Could be Down to Genetics

Do you suffer from insomnia? Your genetics may be to blame. Researchers have found a link between variations on chromosome 7 and insomnia, and also on chromosome 9 for people of European descent.