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- February 13, 2012
- 07:16 AM
- 13 views
Women Turned On By Healthy Look
by Carian Thus in United Academics
A masculine appearance seems to be less important to women than previously thought. New research suggests that health cues such as skin color influence attractiveness judgments even more.... Read more »
Stephen, I., Scott, I., Coetzee, V., Pound, N., Perrett, D., & Penton-Voak, I. (2012) Cross-cultural effects of color, but not morphological masculinity, on perceived attractiveness of men's faces. Evolution and Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.10.003
- February 12, 2012
- 06:42 AM
- 51 views
Art reflects Grammar
by Theresa Patzchke in United Academics
Discussions of this kind lead to the old question of the relation between linguistic structure and patterns of thought. ... Read more »
Segel, E., & Boroditsky, L. (2011) Grammar in Art. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00244
- February 10, 2012
- 09:22 AM
- 64 views
5 Million Cans of Beer
by Carian Thus in United Academics
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota sued some of the world’s biggest beer makers over severe alcohol-related issues in the community. ... Read more »
May PA, & Smith MB. (1988) Some Navajo Indian opinions about alcohol abuse and prohibition: a survey and recommendations for policy. Journal of studies on alcohol, 49(4), 324-34. PMID: 3172780
Beauvais, F. (1988) American Indians and Alcohol. Alcohol Health , 22(4), 253-259. info:/
- February 10, 2012
- 06:56 AM
- 86 views
This Chimp May Be Smarter than You
by Jaime Menchén in United Academics
His name is Ayumu, and he’s unbeatable at a memorization game. When he was 5 years old his skills stunned the world. A research was published in 2007 reporting his achievements, and now that he is 11 years old it seems that he is at his best, better than any human.... Read more »
Inoue, S., & Matsuzawa, T. (2007) Working memory of numerals in chimpanzees. Current Biology, 17(23). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.027
- February 9, 2012
- 09:00 PM
- 58 views
The Evil Side of Diet Coke
by Carian Thus in United Academics
Addicted to your daily diet coke? It might be better to switch back to the regular sugar-sweetened ones. New research suggests drinking diet soda every day is linked to a higher risk of stroke, heart attack and vascular death.... Read more »
Gardener, H., Rundek, T., Markert, M., Wright, C., Elkind, M., & Sacco, R. (2012) Diet Soft Drink Consumption is Associated with an Increased Risk of Vascular Events in the Northern Manhattan Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1968-2
- February 9, 2012
- 07:15 AM
- 50 views
Jurassic Love Song
by Carian Thus in United Academics
For paleontologists it is almost impossible to study sounds of the past. Sounds do not ossify. Yet fossils sometimes offer a solution. An international team of scientists has reconstructed the Jurassic chirping of an extinct insect.... Read more »
Gu, J., Montealegre-Z, F., Robert, D., Engel, M., Qiao, G., & Ren, D. (2012) Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118372109
- February 8, 2012
- 11:20 AM
- 57 views
UA Podcast – What’s So Special About Chinese Aid?
by Mark Fonseca in United Academics
Chinese Aid is talked about like a new phenomenon, a side-effect of China’s booming economy and looming power around the world. Today on the UA Podcast we hear from researcher Andreas Fuchs from Heidelberg University who has published research on this very issue. His data and conclusions, may surprise you.... Read more »
Axel Dreher, & Andreas Fuchs. (2011) Rogue Aid? The Determinants of China’s Aid Allocation. Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers. info:/
- February 8, 2012
- 09:11 AM
- 45 views
Small Primate Communicates in High-Pitched Sounds Inaudible to Humans
by Jaime Menchén in United Academics
US researchers have discovered that Philippine Tarsier can “talk” within the pure ultrasound domain, this is, above human hearing capacity.... Read more »
Ramsier, M., Cunningham, A., Moritz, G., Finneran, J., Williams, C., Ong, P., Gursky-Doyen, S., & Dominy, N. (2012) Primate communication in the pure ultrasound. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1149
- February 8, 2012
- 07:00 AM
- 48 views
Ship Noise Causes Stress in Whales, Study Reveals
by Jaime Menchén in United Academics
Following September 11, 2001, ship traffic along America’s shores was substantially decreased. A team of researchers used the situation to test the stress levels of North Atlantic right whales, finding evidence that low-frequency sounds from ships cause chronic stress in whales.... Read more »
Rolland, R., Parks, S., Hunt, K., Castellote, M., Corkeron, P., Nowacek, D., Wasser, S., & Kraus, S. (2012) Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2429
- February 8, 2012
- 04:15 AM
- 29 views
Chromosome inheritance in aphids? Not the same for all chromosomes
by Mauro Mandrioli in The aphid room
Aphids have a sex determination model based on the presence of two X chromosomes (XX) in females and a single X chromosome (XO) in males. Previous studies suggested that X chromosome loss during male determination was random and that both X chromosomes have the same chances to be inherited in males. On the contrary some [...]... Read more »
Monti, V., Manicardi, G.C. Mandrioli, M. (2011) Cytogenetic and molecular analysis of the holocentric chromosomes of the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae. . Comparative Cytogenetics. info:/
- February 7, 2012
- 07:30 AM
- 72 views
Are You Born With Your Political Outlook?
by Mark Fonseca in United Academics
Sure, genetics have plenty to say about a long list of aspects of how someone will turn out to be, but who would have thought – people are actually born with a political pre-disposition!?... Read more »
Dodd, M., Balzer, A., Jacobs, C., Gruszczynski, M., Smith, K., & Hibbing, J. (2012) The political left rolls with the good and the political right confronts the bad: connecting physiology and cognition to preferences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1589), 640-649. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0268
- February 6, 2012
- 07:00 PM
- 72 views
Malaria Deaths Highly Underestimated
by Carian Thus in United Academics
Researchers of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHMA) analyzed all available information about malaria deaths from 1980 to 2010 and found that approximately 1.2 million humans died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010. ... Read more »
Murray, C., Rosenfeld, L., Lim, S., Andrews, K., Foreman, K., Haring, D., Fullman, N., Naghavi, M., Lozano, R., & Lopez, A. (2012) Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. The Lancet, 379(9814), 413-431. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60034-8
- February 6, 2012
- 05:00 PM
- 57 views
Multi-level Supply Chain Design
by Daniel Dumke in SCRM Blog - Supply Chain Risk Management
Supply Chain Design on multiple levels of aggregation poses additional problems for the SC-designers.... Read more »
Sousa, R., Shah, N., & Papageorgiou, L.G. (2008) Supply chain design and multilevel planning—An industrial case. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2643-2663. info:/
- February 5, 2012
- 12:00 AM
- 26 views
Watching a dance performance – our brain is dancing along
by Theresa Patzchke in United Academics
In case of dance perception, that we are simulating the movements, articulated by the dancers within our own motor system while sitting in our chair. In no other art perception the motor system is involved to that extent.... Read more »
Cross ES, Kirsch L, Ticini LF, & Schütz-Bosbach S. (2011) The impact of aesthetic evaluation and physical ability on dance perception. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 102. PMID: 21960969
- February 3, 2012
- 09:00 PM
- 21 views
Physical Scientists Don’t Dig New Media
by Mark Fonseca in United Academics
According to the UK’s Research Information Network, the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics, even though researchers in this area have long used computer technology, they are reluctant to adopt new online tools into their workflow.... Read more »
Eric T. Meyer, Monica Bulger, Avgousta Kyriakidou-Zacharoudiou, Lucy Power, Peter Williams, Will Venters, Melissa Terras, & Sally Wyatt. (2011) Collaborative yet independent: Information practices in the physical sciences. IOP Publishing. info:/
- February 2, 2012
- 07:09 AM
- 83 views
Design Performs a Key Role in Spider Webs, Scientists Say
by Jaime Menchén in United Academics
The strength of spider webs is not only based on silk’s properties, but also on the quality of their design, as researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Politecnico di Torino have found out.... Read more »
Cranford, S., Tarakanova, A., Pugno, N., & Buehler, M. (2012) Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs. Nature, 482(7383), 72-76. DOI: 10.1038/nature10739
- February 2, 2012
- 05:13 AM
- 69 views
Pic of the Day: Meet the Shieldcroc, Crocodiles’ Earliest Ancestor
by Jaime Menchén in United Academics
Researchers from Marshall University, US, have reported a new kind of giant crocodilyform who lived 95 million years ago. Named Aegisuchus witmeri, scientists have nicknamed it “shieldcroc” for the shield-like skin on its head, never seen before in these species.... Read more »
Holliday, C., & Gardner, N. (2012) A New Eusuchian Crocodyliform with Novel Cranial Integument and Its Significance for the Origin and Evolution of Crocodylia. PLoS ONE, 7(1). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030471
- February 1, 2012
- 09:30 AM
- 85 views
Obese Americans Suffer Daily Pain
by Carian Thus in United Academics
A clear link between obesity and pain has been found in a new study of Stony Brook University, New York.... Read more »
Stone, A., & Broderick, J. (2012) Obesity and Pain Are Associated in the United States. Obesity. DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.397
- January 31, 2012
- 09:00 PM
- 83 views
Monogamy Reduces Rape and Murder
by Carian Thus in United Academics
In approximately 85 percent of human societies men were allowed to marry multiple wives. From an evolutionary perspective this seems logic, as many offspring benefits men. Also, with the advent of agriculture and the growing gap between the rich and the poor, polygamy has increased in the past – as traditionally multiple wives are associated with wealth and status.... Read more »
Henrich, J., Boyd, R., & Richerson, P. (2012) The puzzle of monogamous marriage. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1589), 657-669. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0290
- January 31, 2012
- 07:00 PM
- 107 views
Drinking Milk Might Be Good for your Brain, Study Says
by Jaime Menchen in United Academics
New research at the University of Maine, US, provides a novel field of study: drinking milk, among consuming other dairy products, may benefit our brain health, its authors say.... Read more »
Crichton, G., Elias, M., Dore, G., & Robbins, M. (2012) Relation between dairy food intake and cognitive function: The Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study. International Dairy Journal, 22(1), 15-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2011.08.001
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