An awful lot of health studies track a small group of people—say a hundred or so—over a short period of time—say, from a few weeks to a year. Those studies can be useful, but if you want really powerful data, what you need is a large cohort to study for … Read More
The above word clouds are from a new study published in PLOS One, which examines the different word choices men and women use on social media. Researchers examined 700 million words collected from 75,000 American Facebook volunteers. The average age of the respondents was actually twenty-three, although, looking at the … Read More
Do you spend a lot of time on Facebook? Looking up pictures of exes who’ve clearly been hitting the gym, old rivals working on that next promotion, and an endless barrage of amazing vacation pictures from people you hate? And are you unhappy? To the surprise of no one, new … 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
Ever meet someone who’s in constant first-date mode? You know, the guy who’s great at his job, just came from the gym, and makes, like, the best martinis in the world? No one really likes that guy, and now there’s some science to back that up. Researchers published in PLOS … Read More
