New research on consumer behavior shows that we tend to match some types of choices the people around us make, but not others.
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Computer capabilities have boosted our decryption technology to great heights. How will the future compare to a past, one in which codes were thought to be a means of communicating after death?
Chimpanzees, like humans, possess working memory abilities. They’re able to perform similar to seven-year-old children.
The first humans to land on the Moon, and the team that got them there, get all the glory. But what about the people who laid the foundation for this effort by mapping the Moon? Who were they?
Dirt blindness is used by some to excuse men for spending a third as much time as women cleaning. A new study shows it’s a myth.
Heisenberg’s famous Uncertainty Principle is put to the test to see if things really are uncertain in the quantum world.
In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However, an expert argues that the technologies described in the novel are here and watching us.
Biohacking for cures: what you need to know.
Things and experiences that once seemed so enjoyable usually grow dull over time, something known as hedonic adaptation. Chopsticks offer one way to get some of that pleasure back.
The mindset, tools and techniques of designers can make us better leaders. Here’s how.
Congress has sent a bill to the White House. It gives terminally-ill patients more false hope than chances for a cure.
Easy experiments that show the Earth is round.
According to new research, the way you respond could determine whether or not you’ll repeat the same mistake in the future.
Slaves were involved in medical experimentation in the 1700s – both as sources of knowledge and as nonconsenting participants.
Doctors are taught how to treat skin cancer – but not necessarily how to empathise with those who have it.
Why do one big experiment when you can do millions of tiny ones?
Maybe you shouldn’t meet at that time and place? Research shows that the clock and the calendar can be a drag on leisurely activities.
Here’s your chance to take part in a global science experiment.
Developing new technologies requires time-consuming, expensive and even dangerous experiments. But now we can carry out many experiments entirely on computers using modelling.
A class tries an experiment on motivation. What do they learn?
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
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Professor of Physics, La Trobe University
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Richard Bean es Amigo de The Conversation.
Research Fellow, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Professor of Bioethics and Director of VELiM, University of Sydney
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Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Science Communicator, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Senior Academic General Practitioner, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
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Timothy Gould es Amigo de The Conversation.
Associate professor in Applied Mathematics, Griffith University
