Overcoming Social Anxiety With An App?
Most people have feelings of shyness or nervousness in social situations. Many feel apprehensive before oral exams, feel shy and tongue-tied on a first date,…
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Italy’s Space Science Data Center Hones MATISSE Program To Create 3D Projections Of Minor Bodies
The recent space missions devoted to the exploration of the so-called “minor bodies” (i.e., comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets), comprising ESA Rosetta and NASA Dawn,…
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Orbital Synchronicities In The Solar System
Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are orbiting our Sun with different orbital periods according to their mean distance to the Sun, or semimajor axis. All…
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The Relationship Between The Need For Cognitive Closure And Multitasking
The prevalence of multitasking has reached new heights. The newest technological advances have made switching between ongoing tasks and attending to several media sources at…
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How Health Professionals Respond To Online Health Rumors
Given the abundance of information on social media, society’s challenge lies not in the difficulty of accessing health information but in sieving out truths from…
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Is Parenthood Related To More Socially Conservative Attitudes?
Becoming a parent is, for many people, among the most important events in a person’s lifetime. From an evolutionary perspective, becoming a parent means that…
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The Mode Of Responsibility As An Individual Characteristic: Creating A Taxonomy For Responsibility
As far back as Aristotle, philosophers and researchers have explored and attempted to conceptualize the human individual sense of responsibility. Interest in responsibility has been…
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Speech Directivity And Vowel Sounds
When we are behind someone who is speaking, we hear them less clearly, and it is more difficult to understand what they are saying. This…
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Unlocking The Secrets Of A Rare Immune Disease
Primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are a heterogeneous group of disorders that disturb the host’s immunity, creating susceptibility to infections. PIDs are genetically diverse, with mutations in…
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On The Shoulders Of Giants, Part 1: Henry K. Beecher And The Placebo Effect
When Robert Merton (1910 – 2003) dissected the allegory that we all are “standing on the shoulders of giants” — based on a much older…
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Low-Carbon Transitions: How Much Change Can A Nation Afford?
The urgency of climate change mitigation demands tools for examining how economies can embark – and stay – on a path of low-carbon transition. In…
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