Category: Living
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Lying. Me? Or you? Feeling unique. [How people distance themselves – or the cosmos – from their lies]
Professor Paul Taylor of Lancaster University in the UK said: "Science has long known that people's use of language changes when they lie. Our research shows that prevalent beliefs about what those changes look like are not true for all cultures”. The researchers asked participants of Black African, South Asian, White European and White British…
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Optimizing farming. Fractals and global optimums. Balance. Letting go.
Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant synchronously, while others plant at different times. The resulting fractal patterns are rare for human-made systems and lead to optimal harvests without global planning. To understand how Balinese rice farmers make their decisions for planting, a team of scientists…
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Together in misery…
Researchers say it may seem contradictory that a means of generalizing to people at large is used when reflecting on one's most personal and idiosyncratic experiences. To cope with negative experiences or to share an insight, people often use the word "you" rather than "I". "It's something we all do as a way to explain…
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Being healthy is being an extrovert. (at least for the extroverts) Thinking as the ultimate act.
Scientists may have evidence that our personality plays into our eating habits. People who are open and extroverted eat more fruits and vegetables than others, according to new research. The new report, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, analyzed the eating habits of more than 1,000 young adults ages 17 to 25. Researchers gave…
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Climate change. Accepting…
Washington State University archaeologists are at the helm of new research using sophisticated computer technology to learn how past societies responded to climate change. (1) The study is trying to understand how people in the past changed the species of crops or the types of animals they bred when climate changed in the past. However,…
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