It’s Time To Revise STEM Doctoral Admissions Procedures
The selection of students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs determines who will be leaders in higher education and fields that underpin…
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Differences In Existential Isolation For Men And Women
As an existential reality, existential isolation refers to the fundamental gap between individuals where it is impossible to know with certainty how anyone else subjectively…
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Two Studies Show That Being Low In Emotional Intelligence May Be Good for You And Others!
Emotional intelligence (EI) has been a very popular subject over the past 25 years, especially after Goleman popularized it with his best-selling book in 1995….
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Perceptions Of Unsolicited Sext Messages: A Sexual Double Standard
Sexting is apparently here to stay. According to a recent study, 1 in 4 American teens have received a sext, and 1 in 7 teens…
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The Physical And Mechanical Properties Of Arctic Sea Ice During Melt Season
The Arctic Ocean is undergoing a series of changes in sea ice, whose concentration and thickness, as well as multiyear ice volume, has decreased significantly….
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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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