The Homo Economicus as a prototype of a psychopath? A conceptual analysis and implications for business research and teaching. ~science economics psychology Link 6 votes
‘Like a film in my mind’: hyperphantasia and the quest to understand vivid imaginations ~science psychology Article 1993 words 17 votes
A primer on Bitcoin cross-border flows: Measurement and drivers ~finance cryptocurrency economics.macro Article 226 words 2 votes
When provided with CVE descriptions of 15 different vulnerabilities and a set of tools useful for exploitation, GPT-4 was capable of autonomously exploiting 13 of which, yielding an 87% success rate ~comp security.cyber PDF 17 votes
Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in twenty years ~science Article 718 words 7 votes
Hogzilla or Jaws? Wild pigs kill more people than sharks, research reveals. ~enviro Article 315 words 13 votes
Burden of stroke attributable to nonoptimal temperature in 204 countries and territories ~health Link 7 votes
A pat on the back statistically improves free throw numbers in basketball ~sports.basketball Article 578 words 17 votes
Why large language models like ChatGPT treat Black- and White-sounding names differently ~tech Link 9 votes
Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable ~science psychology.social Article 630 words 31 votes
There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, new research finds ~health healthcare medicine Article 779 words 58 votes
Novo Nordisk Foundation is entering into a partnership with Nvidia to establish a national AI research centre in Denmark – will be home to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers ~tech Article 458 words 5 votes
HIV in cell culture can be completely eliminated using CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology, increasing hopes of cure ~health Article 839 words 18 votes
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests ~health.mental Article 488 words 22 votes
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics. ~science biology Article 1104 words 7 votes
Argentina president Javier Milei’s actions after taking office have research institutions facing shutdown. Scientists protest. ~science Article 881 words 18 votes
Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion ~science Article 1983 words, published Mar 4 2024 10 votes
On International Women's Day, Northern European countries stand out for women who are looking to develop their careers – Iceland secured the top spot ~life.women Article 606 words 3 votes
Annoying hospital beeps are causing hundreds of deaths a year ~health healthcare Article 574 words 27 votes
Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet: An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge ~science Article 643 words 26 votes
Research paper compares LLM responses based on politeness of requests and finds quality difference ~tech Article 134 words, published Feb 26 2024 28 votes
How parents' trauma leaves biological traces in children ~health.mental Article 3784 words, published Jul 1 2022 18 votes
MRI research shows live music makes us more emotional than recordings ~music Article 407 words 21 votes
Out of the rabbit hole? New research shows people can change their minds about conspiracy theories. ~life Article 815 words 14 votes
Progress deferred: Lessons from mRNA vaccine development ~science medicine Article 6566 words 9 votes
Frequent/long-term use of the Apple Vision Pro may rewire our brains in unexpected ways ~tech apple.vision pro Article 1706 words 17 votes
What one researcher learned studying grizzlies for nearly forty years ~enviro conservation Article 1853 words, published Jan 31 2024 8 votes
Research at the heart of a US lawsuit against the abortion pill has been retracted ~health Article 898 words 28 votes
Research samples collected over decades at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet were destroyed when a freezer malfunctioned during the Christmas holidays ~science medicine Article 311 words 30 votes
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers. ~health medicine Link 15 votes
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research ~science medicine Article 833 words 16 votes
Researchers were able to isolate the brain from the rest of the body of a pig, and kept it alive and functioning for five hours ~science Link 59 votes
The Hawthorne effect in human resource management is based on unreliable studies ~science Article 2149 words, published Feb 25 2023 17 votes
Efficiency asymmetry: Scientists report fundamental asymmetry between heating and cooling ~science Article 1206 words 17 votes
Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old's viral survey finds ~science Article 809 words, published Jan 9 2024 34 votes
Psychoactive drug ibogaine effectively treats traumatic brain injury in special ops military vets ~science medicine Article 744 words, published Dec 6 2023 31 votes
My parents’ dementia felt like the end of joy. But when they got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations. ~tech Article 5461 words 19 votes
Transparent wood is stronger than plastic and tougher than glass ~science Article 1397 words 28 votes
Studies suggest that relying on will power is hopeless [to eliminate bad habits]. Instead, we must find strategies that don’t require us to be strong. ~humanities Article 2112 words, published Oct 17 2019 46 votes