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Several studies note that people working in a particular environment -- the classroom, the office -- can be affected by the sounds and smells around them. Now researchers and others are investigating ways to use this information for the public good.
While professional players are schooled in the art of the stoic visage, new research indicates that their arm movements -- specifically, the smoothness of them -- may give away the quality of their hand.
In 2010, Duke researchers scored infants according to their innate number sense. Three years later, further tests show a correlation between those scores and mathematical aptitude: The higher the score, the better the skill.
A survey found that parents greatly underestimate the extent to which their children were either perpetrators or victims of cyberbullying. Also, the younger the child, the less likely the parent was aware.
A UK study is one of a very few to address this commonly-held belief from a scientific perspective. It also suggests that multitasking should be considered when evaluating worker performance.
Diabetics may someday be able to test their blood sugar levels using a simple, painless laser device that registers glucose in skin cells.
Junk DNA -- so called because it was thought to have no biological function -- may actually play a role in determining facial shape, say scientists.
A study claims that, compared to the current donation system, offering donors $10,000 for their kidney would improve health outcomes and, consequently, lower costs.
A new study is only the latest to link higher-than-average facial width to certain unsavory behaviors, including -- in this case -- the propensity to cheat. However, the researchers warn not to judge a book by its cover.
What started out as a personal experiment to reduce a typical human's nutritional needs to a single drink has now grown into an actual business, thanks to US$3 million in preorders and seed funding. One goal: Improving the taste.
The rising tide of evil, the relative safety of a few sanctuaries: these are the two main vectors of zombie cartography. In the first category, the epidemiological map shows the […]
Viewed in silhouette, Sombrero and Little Sombrero both have large central bulges along with thin disks and dust lanes.
Gender, like so many things, is occasionally in a gray area. And that's okay.
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
-Pablo Picasso (born on this day in 1881)
Stargazer John Chumack used a homemade telescope and a QHY8 cooled single shot color CCD camera to capture this image.
We need to be inspired by fiction in order for our imagination to develop pathways to solving problems.
I think that Steve Jobs was brilliant. I think that he was an amazing risk taker, but I also think heroes are overrated.
I think that it’s great to inspire new generations of thinkers; it’s terrible to create new authority.
Affective computing is really about instruments helping us understand what a person is feeling or what’s going on inside of a person and in a very un-invasive way.
3D printing offers great potential for mass customization and manufacturing tools.