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"... rats who received help in the past were more likely to help another unknown partner." There's a joke in there somewhere.

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"A new study shows that men with high levels of testosterone are more likely to turn down low offers, even if they stand to gain money by accepting them." Confirms a theory I've held since s

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"Most of us are pretty comfortable with the idea that videogames can provide arenas for transgressive play that allows people to explore taboos and societal no-no's with impunity."

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"The goal of this project is to develop a reusable and behaviorally-founded computer model of pedestrian movement and crowd behavior amid dense urban environments, to serve as a test-bed for expe

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"...robot warriors [...] autonomously deciding to blast enemy weapon systems. Many enemy “systems” would, of course, be themselves robots, so it's clear that machine-on-machine violence isn't a p

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"Our innate desire for equality prompts us to "even out" the wealth of the rich among the poor – even at our own expense, a new study suggests." A rather optimistic interpretation

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Some extremely sound and honest advice about taking a professional approach to writing, be you a professional or not.

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"A team of neuroscientists announced a scientific breakthrough last week in the use of brain scans to discover what's on someone's mind." Criminal justice, meet determinism. Ouch. This could

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"Is griefing simply emergent play that some folks don't like?" More thoughts on the philosophy and sociology of computer games and MMOGs.

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"A team of physicists [...] sought to determine the underlying statistical properties of this new information paradigm by studying the behaviors of tags [...] on the social bookmarking/collaborat

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Okay, the fly combat videos are pretty funny, but the battling lobsters even more so. Does this mean there is something wrong with me?

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"A new study suggests that brain and behaviour relationships may have changed in a profound way as larger, more complex insect societies evolved from smaller, simpler ones."

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"The robots cannot communicate and must act only on what they can see around them. They follow simple rules to fulfil their task - mimicking the way insects work together in a swarm."

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"More than one in eight US adults finds it hard to stay away from the internet for several days at a time and about one in 11 tries to hide his or her online habit, according to a study released

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"No longer will you have to doubt the integrity of your "close friends" ... as the persuasive mirror apparently feels that honesty is the best policy, even if it rattles your self-estee

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"People given a dopamine drug learn faster and win more often when gambling, according to new research." The folks at Vegas are going to love this news.

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What could be better than a shopping trolley that you don't have to push? Well, one that goes in a straight line would be nice

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What's better than flying robots? Swarms of flying robots, that's what.

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Could Toxoplasma lurking in human brain tissue be producing changes in human behaviour? Sounds like pure science fiction, but this guy seems pretty serious.

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Did you know the following? The United States government buys goods, such as wheat, from American agribusinesses. The goods are then shipped overseas, generally on American-flagged cargo carriers.

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The annual chest beating and search for factors ‘responsible’ for bad or declining examination results ’show’ is at a school near you. I have seen many of these shows play themselves out in South Afri

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This is the world we live in. Personal freedoms are squashed whether by governments or religious fervour.

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As wearable technology becomes more common, it is changing our concept of human subjectivity, creating new concepts of identity, new systems of behaviour and extensions of the body itself. This course

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How do social networks evolve over time?

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I don't feel sorry for him

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