Merv Mandelbaum 
Contrary to popular opinion, people with an interest in BDSM tend to be more well-adjusted than those more inclined to mainstream sexual behaviour—which means that the riding-crop-and-chain crowd might be more normal than the socks-on-lights-off group. Researchers from the Netherlands, writing in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, surveyed 1,300 people … Read More
Fat tailed dwarf lemurs have a talent unique amongst primates. According to a new study published in PLOS One, they can hibernate, and, given how genetically similar they are to humans, scientists would like to know how. If scientists can work out the trick to hibernation, there would be implications … Read More
All books are not created equal; specifically, popular fiction is not equal to literary fiction, at least when it comes to creative positive outcomes on a person’s empathy. A new study published in Science has found that people who read literary fiction gain an immediate benefit to their powers of … Read More
Ever been told that you look like a train wreck after a bad night’s sleep? Well, there may be some truth to that. Researchers at the University of Michigan working on treating sleep apnea with a system called CPAP (a mask and breather, basically) noticed that their patients started looking … Read More
We all know that free-riders—those who don’t pay their fair share but are happy to benefit form the contributions of the group—are reviled, recent research shows this attitude also targets people who are excessively generous. A recent study from Baylor University showed that not only do people dislike generous givers, … Read More
